Huckleberry Finn Theme Essay

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been referred to being the best book to read because of the “under the water” themes and connections to be made to our own society. Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is known for having multiple themes woven into the book. Some of these themes are based on corruption, slavery, how Huck is experiencing the civilised world, and the criticization of the world through Mark Twain’s eyes. The most evident themes are racism and slavery, being mixed in every chapter. Racism in the book is usually brought up through Jim and the inner monologues of Huck.
One of the first instances of racism in the book came in one of the first chapters through Huck’s father, Pap while they both are in a cabin. In this …show more content…
Huck tells Jim about a few adventures, then asking Jim if he knows any, Jim only knows King Solomon, who tries to cut a kid in half. Huck then tries to explain why the king wasn’t trying to cut the kid, and then telling Jim he is still roaming America, Jim then saying this."Well, it's a blame ridicklous way, en I doan' want to hear no mo' 'bout it. Dey ain' no sense in it. ‘Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do?’"(chapter 14, 39-40)
This talks about racism because Jim asks since we're all the same why do we speak different languages? This allots to how everyone is human, but there is slaves everywhere in the south, and why Jim is trying to get away and bring his family back from slavery. Huckleberry Finn will be remembered as a book of various adventures with a boy named Huck and a slave named Jim, but a book that also has multiple deep themes. Some of these themes are corruption, slavery, how Huck is experiencing the civilized world, and Mark Twain’s take on the world through his eyes. Racism is shown most frequently through this book showing what Huck’s and Jim’s time line was, and what our timeline was not that long ago, shown by the quotes and the summaries of the

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