The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, authored in the late 1800s by Mark Twain, is a widely known and loved novel whilst also being extremely controversial. In Twain’s writing, he dives into deep themes such as racism in the United States, how common and normal slavery felt to people of this time period, and the basic human morals that all people -not just whites- should possess. Twain’s famous novel takes place in the early 1800s, a time period in which inequality and slavery were widely praised and accepted because of how normal and common they were. This novel expresses true examples that took place during this time period, because there are many examples of racism included in Twain’s writing, which could potentially convince the readers to
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He acts normal for this time period, and his dialogue in the novel expresses how many others felt towards African-Americans. This is shown when Pap says, “I was just about to go and vote myself if I warn't too drunk to get there; but 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 agin.” (29). Twain thoroughly displays how strong people’s opinions of racism were in the minds of people of the south through the character of Pap. This character also shows the readers why Huck faces such a conflicting moral dilemma when choosing whether or not to free a slave. Children in the south like Huck, were all raised on the opinion to hate anyone who is not white. Even though Huck and Jim were friends, our protagonist still had a hard time going against the ideals that he'd been raised on his whole …show more content…
Characters like Pap, Huck, and Jim, displayed these issues all from very different points of view, which added a real sense of how conflicted people were at this time. This novel shows the progressions of a boy who was raised by extremely racist and intolerable people. He develops from a brainwashed child into a young man who decides for himself that slaves are people too. Mark Twain uses his novel to show the differences in opinions based on race, age, or social standpoint. The ideals of Pap, the very racist drunkard, that of Jim, the kind slave, and that of Huck, in the middle of choosing what he believes is
He acts normal for this time period, and his dialogue in the novel expresses how many others felt towards African-Americans. This is shown when Pap says, “I was just about to go and vote myself if I warn't too drunk to get there; but 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 agin.” (29). Twain thoroughly displays how strong people’s opinions of racism were in the minds of people of the south through the character of Pap. This character also shows the readers why Huck faces such a conflicting moral dilemma when choosing whether or not to free a slave. Children in the south like Huck, were all raised on the opinion to hate anyone who is not white. Even though Huck and Jim were friends, our protagonist still had a hard time going against the ideals that he'd been raised on his whole …show more content…
Characters like Pap, Huck, and Jim, displayed these issues all from very different points of view, which added a real sense of how conflicted people were at this time. This novel shows the progressions of a boy who was raised by extremely racist and intolerable people. He develops from a brainwashed child into a young man who decides for himself that slaves are people too. Mark Twain uses his novel to show the differences in opinions based on race, age, or social standpoint. The ideals of Pap, the very racist drunkard, that of Jim, the kind slave, and that of Huck, in the middle of choosing what he believes is