Huck Finn
Changes in the twentieth century could change drastically concerning racism, prejudice feelings and hate. If this were to happen, it could be attributed to the education people now have by reading such novels as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain addresses these issues of racism, slavery and education in a humorous, almost childish way in order to keep the readers attention, yet the effectiveness is clearly visible. Twain uses Huck Finn and Jim as the ideal characters because they are the ones at the end of the novel who realize slavery is wrong. Mark Twain is trying to portray them through the protagonists and criticizes the failure to live up to them by portraying them through the antagonists. Prejudice can be observed throughout the novel by the way the other characters treat Huck. Twain portrays Huck as a normal boy of his time, being mischievous, adventurous and funny. The society Huck lives in labels him "uncivilized" because he has an abusive, drunk father. "... by and by pap got too handy with his hick'ry and I couldn't stand it. I was all over with welts."(27)
Now that society has advanced more in its ways, and the Civil War has ended, society should concentrate on moving into the twenty-first century not as whites, blacks, hispanics, and niggers but as human beings sharing this precious world. People who have a strong dislike for a certain race of people still exist today. Through out history there have been a lot of people who wanted an end to racism and prejudice. Mark Twain was one of them. Through his simple novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain establishes the ideals of society through his main characters and shows what happens when these ideals fail. One lesson the reader gets is if a child who goes by the name of Huck Finn can learn how to love some one criticized and hated by society, so can we. Here the reader can observe how much of an uncivilized person he is. Pap is an alcoholic, a dead beat and a racist. Society also considered Huck "uncivilized" because he did not wear shoes, did not always attend school and he smoked. Society criticized Huck as uncivilized due to physical appearance when really Huck turn
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Approximate Word count = 743
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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