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Racism in Huckleberry Finn , By Mark Twain The twentieth century has come to an amazing finale. Racism, ethnic prejudice and hate are on the decline. Perhaps some of these changes can be attributed to the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Mark Twain addresses the issues of racism and slavery. He writes in a humorous, almost childish way, yet the themes are clear and poignant. Twain utilizes Huck Finn and Jim as the ideal characters to teach people about racism and why it is wrong, because they are the ones at the end of the novel who realize slavery is wrong. Huck also faces racism from society; they say he is uncivilized because he is mischievous, adventurous and funny. Huckleberry Finn is not a racist book at all because when the book took place people thought racism was good and that all blacks are bad people. That is why Twain wrote this story is to teach people about racism and why it is wrong. In the next 3 paragraphs I will explain how Jim and Huck face racism in the book and then in the conclusion I will explain more why it isn’t a racist book.
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