Besides the various similarities between Twain’s writing and Southern life before 1835, there are many differences between Huck’s time and present day US. Since Twain’s writing is such an accurate description of our past, we can look at how far we have come regarding technology, stereotypes and such. As mentioned before, women and black stereotypes played a major role in our history. They were both inferior to the white men. Blacks were assumed stupid and women were assumed weak. Nowadays, women play key role in society and government. As for blacks, they are no longer thought of as property. They are our equals. Considering dialects, there are still hundreds and thousands of different dialects around the world. Dialect is about how things
