Huckleberry Finn And Racism Essay
Friendship Over Racism
Throughout history the book The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn has been changed, altered and in some cases not even allowed to be read in school because of Mark Twain‘s use of words.Throughout the novel, Mark Twain develops a relationship between a young boy and African American man and effect of friendship over racism.
In the beginning of the novel when Huck and Jim were sailing on the Mississippi, Huck didn't see Jim as a person, he saw him the way society saw him. Huck was raised in a society where slaves were property, and they got treated differently than everyone else. Huck tends to have an immature side to him."They get down on one thing when they don't know nothing about it." (Twain 2), Huck thinks everything …show more content…
he does is right, and that everything else is wrong. Twain sculpted the character Pap Finn, as an alcoholic that hits his kid. On the other hand, he set Jim as a slave, who cares more about Huck than Pap ever did. Jim was always nice to Huck, even when Huck did not show the same courtesy to Jim, but as the novel develops, so does Huck.
While on their journey down the Mississippi, Huck plays a lot of pranks on Jim.
At one point he left a snake in Jim’s bed , "That all comes of my being such a fool as to not remember that wherever you leave a dead snake its mate always comes there and curls around it" (Twain 40.) Huck’s pranks reflect his attitude towards Jim. When the novel starts to come to an end you start to see Huck consider Jim as a friend. The first effort shown by Huck is when he risks getting in trouble by lying to the men in order to keep Jim safe, the men said "Keep away, boykeep to looard. Confound it, I just expect the wind has blowed it to us. Your pap's got smallpox, and you know it precious well (Twain 112.) That is when the label of color and societies view on who is higher than who turned from racism into friendship.
After all the changes the novel, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn has been though. Mark Twain ends up writing one of the most famous books ever to be read. He shows, although we can't change society, we can show who society really is, and how a young boy can make a small difference, when standing up between what is right and wrong. The powerful force of friendship between a young boy and an African-American, from the beginning they were nothing more than owner and property but by the end they were more, they were
friends. Throughout history, and even today, people's racist society blinds them from speaking their mind. “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest” (marktwainhouse.org) Twain once said. From the beginning of the novel to the end, you see Huck struggle with what society thinks and what he has to do to be accepted in his world. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval” (marktwainhouse.org). From the beginning Huck and Jim were on different society levels, but by the end they were equal. Huck was confronted by two opposing forces, the force of society and the force of friendship. By the end of the novel friendship overcame society.
Throughout history the book The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn has been changed, altered and in some cases not even allowed to be read in school because of Mark Twain‘s use of words.Throughout the novel, Mark Twain develops a relationship between a young boy and African American man and effect of friendship over racism.
In the beginning of the novel when Huck and Jim were sailing on the Mississippi, Huck didn't see Jim as a person, he saw him the way society saw him. Huck was raised in a society where slaves were property, and they got treated differently than everyone else. Huck tends to have an immature side to him."They get down on one thing when they don't know nothing about it." (Twain 2), Huck thinks everything …show more content…
he does is right, and that everything else is wrong. Twain sculpted the character Pap Finn, as an alcoholic that hits his kid. On the other hand, he set Jim as a slave, who cares more about Huck than Pap ever did. Jim was always nice to Huck, even when Huck did not show the same courtesy to Jim, but as the novel develops, so does Huck.
While on their journey down the Mississippi, Huck plays a lot of pranks on Jim.
At one point he left a snake in Jim’s bed , "That all comes of my being such a fool as to not remember that wherever you leave a dead snake its mate always comes there and curls around it" (Twain 40.) Huck’s pranks reflect his attitude towards Jim. When the novel starts to come to an end you start to see Huck consider Jim as a friend. The first effort shown by Huck is when he risks getting in trouble by lying to the men in order to keep Jim safe, the men said "Keep away, boykeep to looard. Confound it, I just expect the wind has blowed it to us. Your pap's got smallpox, and you know it precious well (Twain 112.) That is when the label of color and societies view on who is higher than who turned from racism into friendship.
After all the changes the novel, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn has been though. Mark Twain ends up writing one of the most famous books ever to be read. He shows, although we can't change society, we can show who society really is, and how a young boy can make a small difference, when standing up between what is right and wrong. The powerful force of friendship between a young boy and an African-American, from the beginning they were nothing more than owner and property but by the end they were more, they were
friends. Throughout history, and even today, people's racist society blinds them from speaking their mind. “Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest” (marktwainhouse.org) Twain once said. From the beginning of the novel to the end, you see Huck struggle with what society thinks and what he has to do to be accepted in his world. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval” (marktwainhouse.org). From the beginning Huck and Jim were on different society levels, but by the end they were equal. Huck was confronted by two opposing forces, the force of society and the force of friendship. By the end of the novel friendship overcame society.