At the beginning of the novel Huck had not yet taken in society's way of thinking. When he was with the widow and Miss Watson, he was changing and even getting used to their ways, "...but by and by I got so I could stand it (school)." But as soon as Pap kidnapped him, Huck went back to the much more p

The majority of the people in this book were presented in an unfavorable light. Through this book, Twain was criticizing certain things about society that he presented through characters.

The book should not be banned from schools or libraries on the claim that it is racist. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not racist. Mark Twain just showed how the South was and how black people were treated. But he does poke fun at black people by presenting them to be so naive and into witchcraft. But the best proof to this book not being racist is the change that Huck goes through. He decided he'd rather to go hell than give Jim in.

Pap is one of the characters seen in an unfavorable light. In him racism, cruelty, and the abuse of alcohol are seen. Racism is seen in a lot of the characters, but it is just one of the criticisms of society that is seen in Pap. "Oh, yes, this is a wonderful govment, wonderful. Why, looky here, there was a free nigger there from Ohio...And what do you think? They said he was a p'fessor in a college, and could talk all kinds of languages, and knowed everything. And that ain't the wust. They said he could vote when he was at home...what is the country a-coming to?...when they told me there a state in this country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote ag'in..." Pap is cruel to Huck. Although in the time that this book was written, it was normal for children to get beaten by their parents, what Pap did was too much because he came close to killing Huck and he did it when he was drunk. "He (Pap) chased me (Huck) round and round the place with a clasp knife, calling me the Angel of Death, and saying he would kill me...he made a grab and got me by the jacket between my shoulders, and I thought I was gone..." Pap was an alcoholic. That was completely obvious because he would drink whisky every day. Also, he would go and ask the Judge for his money and would be satisfied if he got a couple of dollars because that was enough to buy him drinks.

Jim was another character that Mark Twain portrayed in an admirable light. Jim was not just a character, he represent the African Americans. Jim was always protecting and watching out for Huck. He worried for him and loved him as if Huck was his own child. This is why it can be said that the book is not really racist. Although Twain seems to poke fun at them sometimes through their belief in witchcraft, Jim and the other black people are portrayed as caring people. Jim helps Huck survive not only physically but also helps Huck in his moral growth. Through Jim, Huck is able to see black people as human beings. Jim cares for Huck throughout the whole story. He never betrays Huck and knows when to make believe that he didn't know Huck. "They cussed Jim considerable, though, and give him a cuff or two side of the head once in a while, but Jim never said nothing, and he never let on to know me, and they took him to the same cabin, and put his own clothes on him, and chained him again..."

Huck placed very little value on the large sum of money that he had in the bank and found the smaller sums more important. Six thousand dollars was a fortune in the time that the book was written; yet Huck didn't seem to be impressed by it. This is because he took things so literally. He didn't see the use of six thousand dolla

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