Do Not Judge a Book By Its Cover The saying “do not judge a book by it’s cover” can have many different interpretations and meanings. Although the overall gist of the saying is that one should not prejudge something. Would discrimination be abolished if everyone from the past went by this saying? While there is a lot of contemplation over the subject, one era started understanding it more. During the 19th century, discrimination took a turn for the better for those with personal experiences, but still existed for the rest of society due to the already set prejudices. In Mark Twain’s book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, many different aspects of discrimination are demonstrated. In the beginning of the book, slaves are seen as property
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He saved Jim from being captured countless amounts of times, and at one point he even said he would go to hell if it meant he could save Jim (Twain 215). Although, towards the end of the book Huck tells his true opinion of Jim by saying, “I knowed he was white inside…” (Twain 276). This showed that Huck did not accept the entire African American population, but only accepted Jim because he was not the same as others. Huck was still somewhat racist, even though he went through a lot of trouble to make Jim a free man. His set prejudices toward African Americans showed not only in this instance, but also when Tom’s Aunt Sally asked if anyone was hurt when his boat’s cylinder head blew up and he replied with, “No’m. Killed a nigger” (222). This proved that Huck still did not see African Americans as real people. These set prejudices did not just occur between white people and African Americans. In Kevin Costner’s film, Dances With Wolves, Native Americans are seen as an enemy to White men during the Civil War. While there were some tribes that were bad and would kill the white men on sight, not all of them were. Most men were afraid of the Native Americans or hated them because of society’s already set prejudices. Although there was one man, John Dunbar, that got a very close experience with the Sioux tribe of Native
He saved Jim from being captured countless amounts of times, and at one point he even said he would go to hell if it meant he could save Jim (Twain 215). Although, towards the end of the book Huck tells his true opinion of Jim by saying, “I knowed he was white inside…” (Twain 276). This showed that Huck did not accept the entire African American population, but only accepted Jim because he was not the same as others. Huck was still somewhat racist, even though he went through a lot of trouble to make Jim a free man. His set prejudices toward African Americans showed not only in this instance, but also when Tom’s Aunt Sally asked if anyone was hurt when his boat’s cylinder head blew up and he replied with, “No’m. Killed a nigger” (222). This proved that Huck still did not see African Americans as real people. These set prejudices did not just occur between white people and African Americans. In Kevin Costner’s film, Dances With Wolves, Native Americans are seen as an enemy to White men during the Civil War. While there were some tribes that were bad and would kill the white men on sight, not all of them were. Most men were afraid of the Native Americans or hated them because of society’s already set prejudices. Although there was one man, John Dunbar, that got a very close experience with the Sioux tribe of Native