Huckleberry Finn's Criticism Of American Society

I do agree with Bradley that the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn serves as part of Twain’s criticism of American society. The fact that Huck knew that Jim was a freed slave, and still allowed Jim to be chased, chained and recaptured, speaks to how truly indoctrinated Tom Sawyer was in Southern racist and elitist traditions. Tom waited to share that critical information about Jim until Tom had completed his adventure, at a substantial personal cost and risk to both Jim and Huck. Furthermore, Miss Watson’s generous act of freeing Jim was tainted by the fact that she waited to free Jim until after her death, and chose not to release Jim until she was personally done with him. American society, despite the passage of over 150 years