The author of a novel chooses specific words to use frequently throughout the story in order to get their message across to the reader. Mark Twain uses the nword to give the reader an understanding of set the setting of the story. Today, the nword is a racial derogatory term and is considered socially unacceptable to use in most situations, but Mark Twain incorporates the nword in his novel to show the reader how far society has come in the last fifty years. Pap tells
Huck, “when they told me there was a State in this country where they’d let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I’ll never vote again . . . I says to the people, why ain’t this nigger put up at auction and sold?” (Twain 26). Pap believes in white supremacy and wonders what is …show more content…
I 'm low down; and I 'm agoing to steal him, and I want you to keep mum and not let on. Will you?”
(Twain 204). Huck tells Tom that he knows rescuing Jim, a black man, is against society 's customs and that these customs do not match up with his own. Therefore, Huck is simultaneously breaking away from a belief that he was submerged in, while also searching for his own ethical values. By aba ndoning society’s norms, Huck displays his moral growth, which has matured throughout the novel. He is discovering who he is and what he believes in based on his own experiences rather than following society’s teachings of discrimination. Although, Huck shows he has morally grown even when race is not involved. Huck tells the readers, “Well, it made me sick to see it; and I was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals, it seemed like I couldn 't ever feel any hardness against them any more in the world. It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another” (Twain 208). Huck feels sympathetic for the King and the Duke as the villagers drag them, tared and feathered, in the street to face more punishment for being frauds. The King and The Duke are criminals who cheated people of their money
Huck, “when they told me there was a State in this country where they’d let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I’ll never vote again . . . I says to the people, why ain’t this nigger put up at auction and sold?” (Twain 26). Pap believes in white supremacy and wonders what is …show more content…
I 'm low down; and I 'm agoing to steal him, and I want you to keep mum and not let on. Will you?”
(Twain 204). Huck tells Tom that he knows rescuing Jim, a black man, is against society 's customs and that these customs do not match up with his own. Therefore, Huck is simultaneously breaking away from a belief that he was submerged in, while also searching for his own ethical values. By aba ndoning society’s norms, Huck displays his moral growth, which has matured throughout the novel. He is discovering who he is and what he believes in based on his own experiences rather than following society’s teachings of discrimination. Although, Huck shows he has morally grown even when race is not involved. Huck tells the readers, “Well, it made me sick to see it; and I was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals, it seemed like I couldn 't ever feel any hardness against them any more in the world. It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another” (Twain 208). Huck feels sympathetic for the King and the Duke as the villagers drag them, tared and feathered, in the street to face more punishment for being frauds. The King and The Duke are criminals who cheated people of their money