Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn explores the concepts of racial relations and human complexity in the 19th century. While the story presents an unanticipated friendship between a white boy and a fugitive slave, it reveals much more beneath the surface. In a society struggling with intense racism, Huck looks beyond color and discovers the humanity in his African American compatriot, Jim. Twain employs a veil of ignorance that conveys Jim as more than a slave, exposes character intentions, and distracts the reader from the evils within society. The way that Huck is utterly oblivious to societal misconceptions is extremely significant in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This is the greatest example of the veil of ignorance that Twain
