【正确答案】正确答案：What makes Mark Twain"s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn more than a child"s adventure story? Briefly discuss the question from Four aspects: the setting, the language, the character(s), and the theme. 1)Setting. The story happens in the United States before the Civil War. At that time, the slavery has not yet been abolished. By setting the story along the Mississippi River, the novel provides us with a panorama of life along the mother river when the nation is still young and not fully civilized. 2)Language. Mark Twain starts the tradition of writing in a colloquial way and using the dialect. He prefers simple language and sometimes there are even ungrammatical errors in the text. This practice narrows down the distance between readers and literature. 3)Characters. Huckleberry Finn, the novel"s hero, is a poor boy of his coming of age. He is taught by the white society to hate the black people, but his instinct and his experience along the river forces him to question that teaching. In this aspect, the author highlights instinct over knowledge and nature over culture. Another important character in the novel is Jim. He runs away from his owner for the pursuit of freedom. Different from what the society tells him, Huck finds that Jim is very humane. He cares about his family and looks after Huck as his own son. He is moral and noble and makes us question the so-called white superiority. 4)Theme. By setting the novel before the Civil War, the novel reveals the hypocrisy of the "civilized" society and the cruelty done to the black people. Contrary to people"s expectations, the white people depicted in the novel are mostly corrupted and corrupting while the black people as represented by Jim are compassionate and humane. Although slavery was abolished after the Civil War, it notes that prejudice against the African race still exists. In this aspect, the novel has a far-reaching influence over today"s racism. Overall, this novel is far beyond being a child"s adventure story; it has many historical and literary values.