Racism In Huck Finn

Everybody once in awhile struggles with their conscience on arguing what’s the right thing and what’s the wrong thing. Mark Twain was a realist. The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is no exception to Twain's realist views and points. The book The Adventures Huckleberry Finn nor Huck is racist. REALISM:In this book because it is picaresque novel the main character, Huck, uses plain language and realism. In this book regionalism is used and we must remember that in this time in the south language and attitudes were different. Although some might argue that this book is racist because of its frequent use of the word “nigger”, that happened to be used 219 times in a book with just 293 pages, and is used multiple times by …show more content…
this shows hucks revert back to the old huck as he goes back to his racist ways and comes to the only rational reason that jim's the way he is, because he's white on the inside, and he’s different from other blacks.Pg 275

BOOK NOT RACIST. This book is not racist. Some might argue that this book is racist based on twain's portrayal of jim, as him being portrayed as a “fool” because towards the end of the book he becomes submissive to huck and tom's plan to fill his hut with rats and snakes and every time a rat bit him he was to write a line in his journal from his blood. Also some believe that this makes jim out to be subhuman because he bleeds ink and feels no pain. But to the contrary. This book is not racist and doesn’t show show out to be subhuman or foolish, but actually a human who’s the most noble character in the book. huck apology to jim- we see a white person apologize to a slave which is unheard …show more content…
When Huck and Jim come upon the dead man on the floating house, Jim warns Huck not to look at the man's face. The gesture is kind, but when readers learn later that the man was Pap Finn, we realize the kindness jim gives to huck. Jim does not want Huck to suffer through the pain of seeing his dead father,There are many times where jim could escape and leave Huck during the book, yet he remains by Huck's side so the two of them can escape together. When Huck and Jim get separated in the fog, Jim tells Huck that his "heart wuz mos' broke bekase you wuz los', en I didn' k'yer no mo' what become er me en de raf'."pg 85 Jim's freedom is not worth the price of Huck's life, and we see that jim would risk his own life to help Huck. When Huck is taken in by the Shepherdsons, Jim waits in the swamp and tries to make a plan for the both of them can leave. when Jim has the chance to be free and escape the easy way at the end of the novel, when the phelps have jim captive he stays by Tom Sawyer's side even with his crazy plans another example of his loyalty. Jim's compassion, intelligence,and, his loyalty toward Huck and others make him as a noble

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