Transcendentalism is about connecting with nature. Mark Twain influences these aspects of transcendentalism with his masterpiece The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. However, in today's society, students and teachers consider the novel obscene. This is because society rules their lives. They consider Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a racist novel, but they miss the transcendental aspects of it such as the society of the time, Huck's beliefs, and Huck's actions. Just like how society influences opinions about the novel, society influences huck everywhere. the novel. The time zone of the book is before the American Civil War. The lifestyle was based on slaves in the South and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the North. The country had just begun to divide between free slave states and slave states. The class system, much like today's, was based on material goods. He became rich, middle class, poor working class, poor white trash and slaves. Huck's father lived in the poor white trash area. Who was racist against African Americans because they would outrank him in social class. Such as “'Never seen any nigger in my life,' says Finn” (Clinch 37). As far as Pap was concerned, African Americans had no right to take away the power he had. This is the world Huck lives in. He has the influence of his father and his adoptive parents, Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. Huck was satisfied with what he has and does not want to reform like Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas want. They want Huck to be proper and have a life in high society. In addition to being honest, one had to be well educated and possess luxury material goods. “I found myself in my old rags and my sugar barrel… in the middle of paper… thoughts and thoughts that were ahead of their time. Huckleberry Finn as a whole can teach today that society is good, but don't let it rule our lives. Don't let yourself be influenced so much by society that you can't think for yourself, which is something that has been lost in today's society. You also don't need material objects to be happy, happiness is what you make of it and it can't be bought. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a true example of transcendentalism. Works Cited Jon Clinch, Finn, Randon house Nae network Twain Mark, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Perfection Form Company, 1979 Print Brian Braiter, “Latest word from Huck Finn” www.abcnews .go.com/us/latest-word- huckfinn/story, Nightime line January 4, 2011Fishskinn Shelly “Take the new word out of 'Huck Finn' is an insult to Mark Twain and American history, www.Nydailynews.com, Wednesday January 5, 2011