Oppression In Huckleberry Finn

Another work of literature that echoes the theme or oppression seen in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is The Fixer by Bernard Malamud. The Fixer deals with a Jewish man, Yakov Bok, being falsely accused of the murder of a young boy. Throughout the novel the readers begin to realize that Yakov was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that if it hadn’t been him being falsely accused, it would have been another Jew. Bernard Malamud shows readers a scarily realistic situation where religious persecution is ever prevalent. Mark Twain does the same but with oppression because of race instead of religion. The writing style of The Fixer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are extreme opposites, but at the core they deal with the