Historical Lens

I chose the historical lens to look at these texts with. As authors are often influenced by the events and culture of their time I feel it would be a good choice to look at Huckleberry Fin and Song of Solomon through this lens to see how the culture of when they were written shows through in the books themselves. I considered using the racial lens, however I feel Huckleberry Fin is a book primarily analyzed through the racial lens and I felt like I wanted to do something different in order to see the book in a new way. One thing I am hoping to get out of this project is a better appreciation of two classic novels.