Originally Posted by
JBI
In that sense, I think Huck Finn is America's way of creating a new bildungsroman that sideswipes an image of racist bigotry, and instead generates one of righteous white person, standing against racism.
In that sense, the appeal can also be interpreted to perhaps a sense of release from the guilt of a dark and dirty past. The text reaffirms a sense of American innocence, where one, I would argue, really isn't warranted. The appeal then can be taken as a form of reaffirmation of the America as noble and just, which appeals to those who wish not to open up to the fact that perhaps the United States have never been, and perhaps still aren't what they claim on their money and in their pledges.