In literature, morality can play a central role in influencing and depicting a character's actions and motives. Often external forces like society shape a character's morality by indoctrinating and exposing them to biased societal beliefs. In Toni Morrison's Beloved, morality is determined by the exposure to slavery in the South which mentally harms the characters and depicts their motives. While in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, morality is determined by nefarious societal beliefs of social hierarchy and the undermining of African Americans.
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, society determines how morality looks like by expressing how important slavery is to them and by dehumanizing African Americans. Jim's audacious act of escaping from his owner made him valuable as there was a "reward out for him—three hundred dollars. And …show more content…
In the epigraph, Toni Morrison writes "Sixty million and more" as a form of dedication to all the African Americans who experienced slavery or any form of discrimination (Morrison, 01). Morality is determined through the experience of being a slave as undergoing such atrocities and this form of dehumanization changes a character's perspective on life and society. In addition, giving honor to the African Americans who were condemned by the atrocities of slavery. Mr. Garner who shows compassion and respect towards his slaves says, "Young boys, old boys, picky boys, stroppin boys. Now at Sweet Home, my niggers is men every one of em. Bought em thataway, raised em thataway. Men every one,"(Morrison, 06). The exposure to slavery has determined a character's morality by expressing their own opinions of how slaves should be treated and what role they play in society. Although he praises himself as being a man of integrity, his morality shows how he undermines African Americans by simply owning
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, society determines how morality looks like by expressing how important slavery is to them and by dehumanizing African Americans. Jim's audacious act of escaping from his owner made him valuable as there was a "reward out for him—three hundred dollars. And …show more content…
In the epigraph, Toni Morrison writes "Sixty million and more" as a form of dedication to all the African Americans who experienced slavery or any form of discrimination (Morrison, 01). Morality is determined through the experience of being a slave as undergoing such atrocities and this form of dehumanization changes a character's perspective on life and society. In addition, giving honor to the African Americans who were condemned by the atrocities of slavery. Mr. Garner who shows compassion and respect towards his slaves says, "Young boys, old boys, picky boys, stroppin boys. Now at Sweet Home, my niggers is men every one of em. Bought em thataway, raised em thataway. Men every one,"(Morrison, 06). The exposure to slavery has determined a character's morality by expressing their own opinions of how slaves should be treated and what role they play in society. Although he praises himself as being a man of integrity, his morality shows how he undermines African Americans by simply owning