... towards him and how they mistreat him. It is not a racist book because in the time era that the book was set it was a way of life. Mark Twain uses Huck Finn to portray the stereotypical racism in the 1840s. The first time the reader meets Jim he is given negative description of Jim. The reader is told that Jim is illiterate ... he knew. Twain shows how absurd slavery is and how following one's feelings and mind before laws of society is important. Though Huck knows that Jim is a person and looks past color, others do not. One example is in chapter fourteen; Huck is talking to Aunt Sally...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School