Realism In Huckleberry Finn

Realism and fiction, the two words that define the characters and plot of any story. Most of these characters leans towards fiction as people are more interested in something that doesn 't exist. Everyone dreams at least once on a “what if” situation, where things are different, where life is to their ideal situation, but sadly life doesn 't work that way. In some cases people shares their “what if” situation in the form of a story to either entertain or to educate the current generation and future generations. But not all characters in the story are portrayed as fictional, for example Jim in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Jim is portrayed by Mark Twain as a realistic character that shows the average southern slave in this time. Mark Twain …show more content…
Although this is not wrong the whole reason why Mark Twain made the book is to show the life of a slave back in the 1830s or 40s before the civil war, if Twain made Jim a racist character he could 've made Jim a complete imbecile that follows and never questions Huck which is clearly shown when they were conversing about the kings that this is not the case, “Dat’s de way of Sollermun was gwyne to do wid de chile. Now I want to ast you: what’s de use er dat half a bill?-can’t buy noth’n wid it. En what use is a half a chile? I would’nt give a dern for a million un um… I reck’n I knows sense when I see it; en dey ain’ no sense in sich doin’s as dat. De ‘spute warn’t ‘bout a half a chile, de ‘spute was ‘bout a whole chile; en de man dat think he kin settle a ‘spute ‘bout a whole child wid a half a chile, doan’ know enough to come in out’n de rain. Doan’ talk to me ‘bout Sollermun, Huck, I knows him by de back” ( Twain 93). Albeit that Jim is ignorant of the whole point of the conversation he still tries to be the better man than Huck even though he is white Jim doesn 't want to admit that he is more uneducated than a child, which every adult doesn 't want to admit. This is also shows Jim 's emotions as a person because almost every adult has a superiority complex towards kids thinking that they 're better than them in every possible way. Even though …show more content…
Jim’s character and traits as a person and as a slave shows how there is little difference from the whites and blacks. Lastly Jim’s emotions shows that he is not just a stereotypical slave that listens and follows orders, he is just a person that wants to walks through life on his own terms but is being prevented by the social system at the