Question

What is a good thesis in the topic of money and class for the book Huckleberry Finn?
And this is a part of a my history debate.

Answer 1

There are none. The book has zero to do with money and class, since Samuel Clemens cannot be forced into the Marxist mold that thinks no other distinctions between humans matter.

"Huckleberry Finn" is about racism and hypocrisy, two of Mark Twain's favorite topics, and two that ran deep through social discourse of the late 19th century, concerned as it was with issues of moral purity. (This is the same generation that gave us Progressivism and Prohibition.) Concerns over social classes distinguished by income was already alive in Europe at this time, Marx having penned his drivel in the late 1880s, but did not infect the United States for another half century.

Answer 2

Thank you. So overall, what would make a good thesis for this novel?

Answer 3

Why not go with hypocrisy? Twain was absolute death on that. There are endless models in the book of people professing one set of moral beliefs, but acting quite another. It's almost a formula by the end: you can be sure anyone who loudly professes a moral virtue will be the first to violate it, while those who consider themselves sinners and do not brag about their virtue, are the first to uphold it.

I believe Huck even gives a speech near the end, wherein he comments that the best man he knew was Jim, down upon whom everybody looked as inferior.

Answer 4

That sounds good to me. Thanks so much! :)