The Worth of Huckleberry Finn I feel that Huckleberry Finn is a valuable commentary on the habits of humanity during that era. Mark Twain set a high standard for future writers to follow, and at the same time made repeated condescending remarks about the way people, specifically southern adults, think. Another goal of his at the time was probably to show people that they were children too, once, and this was how they thought at that age. Another reason I felt that this book is valuable is that it shows the feelings of not only the people, but also of Mark Twain toward slavery and slaves