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The entire plot of Finn is rooted on intolerance between different social groups. Without prejudice and intolerance Finn would not have any of the antagonism or intercourse that makes the recital interesting. The prejudice and intolerance found in the book are t ....

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.... “Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” There were many groups that Clemens contrasted in Finn. The interaction of these different social groups is what makes up the main plot of the novel. For the objective of discussion they have been broken down into five main sets of antithetic parties: people with high levels of melanin and people with low levels of melanin, rednecks and scholarly, children and adults, men and women, and finally, the Sheperdson’s and the Grangerford’s. Whites and African ....