What Does Nigger Mean In Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn explores the longing for freedom. Huck and “nigger” Jim want nothing more than freedom from the proper ways of society and the lives they once lived. Thus, resulting in their travel down the Mississippi River in search for family and adventure in Cairo, Illinois. Although, Jane Smiley states that Jim was not acknowledged as a human by Huck due to his racism and continuous use of the word “nigger”, Huck concludes by the end of the novel that Jim is a human and friend in his mind. Jane Smiley argues how Jim’s treatment by Huck was morally wrong and there can be no excuse for it. She states that Huck using the word “nigger” leads to a bigger development of racism in Huck and Mark Twain, thus