Mark Twain the author of Huckleberry Finn was born and grew up in a time period were the slaves were being treated horrible. Many experts say the Mark Twain is a racist himself and have proof the back it up. ?Mark Twain is looked down upon many times throughout the but Huckleberry by the way he uses the word nigger.? (Peter Salwen). During the time period that Twain grew up in many of the experiences that he writes about could have very well happened in his very life. Like when Twain talks about Jim getting sold at an auction.

The town that Twain grew up in, Hannibal Missouri was a slave town for most of Twains life. ?It is important to remember that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written after the Civil War.? (Peter Salwen)

?Mark twain lived in the slave revolution when the slaves were freed in 1860?. This shows that twain grew up in a very difficult time in American history. ?Twain lived in the time period were slaves were still looked

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The representations of race and the challenges to social norms of racism make up an important part of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck himself undergoes a change; he stops accepting the social norms and instead follows his own beliefs. He acquires these beliefs after many adventures with the slave Jim. In this way, Twain encourages people to be like Huck and not to accept the racism just because society accepts it.

Racism is show by many characters in this book not only by the white character but also by the African characters in the book. On example of this is this fact the Jim himself didn?t think very highly of himself. Probley because all of his life he had been told that he would never amount to anything but a slave.

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