The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published by Mark Twain in 1885 and warned readers that "persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished, persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot." (Twain) Shortly following their reading the novel, critics began their arguments as to the quality of the novel. Some, like Lionel Trilling's Introductory to Huckleberry Finn …showed first 75 words of 2743 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2743 total…am any smarter than she is, she clearly has her accomplishments in the literary world, but if she has seen the book under a different light, she would not have been so critical of their relationship. She would have not focused so much in the racial implications in Huck and Jim's relationship, and seen the story more as a whole. Trilling sees the story for what it truly is, a great piece of American literature.