Racism In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Throughout a lot of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, racism was a reoccuring theme seen in many characters, including Huckleberry Finn himself. Huck was “raised” by his unmotivated, drunkard father that was hardly ever around, resulting in him not being given the proper attention or education as he was growing up. When his father was around, he spread his racist views onto him impressionable son, making him grow up feeling a sense of superiority over African Americans. However, since he was a young boy with a poor upbringing, and he did evolve into a much more respectable character, the readers tend to be a little more sympathetic towards Huck and him immoral views. In the beginning of the book, right off the bat you can tell …show more content…
He uses this wildly offensive word more often than not to refer to African Americans and doesn’t see anything wrong with it because this is how his father a number of the other people in town refer to the black community. The way the people around him use this word and how often they use it makes it seem to the young and impressionable Huck that it is just another word that doesn’t really hold any kind of meaning. Due to him being so impressionable, the reader tends to take it a little easier on Huck because any child is going to pick up on what they hear around them and start to use it for themselves. It isn’t his fault that he has spent his whole life surrounded by white people who think they are superior to anyone else because of the color of their skin. His sense of white supremacy also was seen in the Walter Scott scene. When the two saw the steamboat, Huck immediately wanted to go in and Jim tried shutting it down because he knew it was unsafe. However, because …show more content…
However, because of the way he was raised and his huge transformation into a much more honorable young boy, the read finds it easier to look past his imperfections and see him as a better