The Theme Of Racism In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

In today 's culture, we are still dealing with the racism. Racism is carried over in the books read in schools. In Mark Twain 's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the people throughout the novel are dealing with racism against black Americans in the rural south. The novel by Twain was dealing with racism in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s. Mark Twain had to be a little bit of a racist when he wrote this book because of how harshly he writes about black people in the book; and how well he writes about the beliefs of the racist people in the book. Twain’s novel is important to keep in schools because it teaches kids how our nation was just after the 13th amendment was passed. The 13th amendment abolishes slavery in the United States.

Mark Twain was born in 1835, so he lived through racism in the late 1870’s and early 1880’s when this book was written. Therefore there has to be some prejudice involved.“Because Mary Jane ‘ll be in mourning from this out; and first you know the nigger that does up the rooms will get an order to box these duds up and put ‘em away; and do you reckon a nigger can run across money and not borrow some of it?”(Chap.6 p.177) In this quote it are talking about how the slaves are stealing the money from the bedrooms. The way Mark Twain writes about the slaves in very derogatory, this makes the reader believe that Twain could possibly be a racist because of how prominent the racist characters feelings are. “So she done it. And it was the niggers--I just expected it. She said the beautiful trip to England was most about spoiled for her; she didn’t know how she was ever going to be happy there, knowing the mother and the children warn’t ever going to see each other no more--and then busted out bitterer than ever, and flung up her hands...”(Chap.28 p.185) This shows that Mary Jane is really the only other white character, besides Huck, in the book who knows that the black characters have feelings. This shows that Twain is a racist because he puts more of his beliefs into the racist characters therefore those characters are easier to write about. “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble

This novel also has a lot to do around the 13th amendment, so it helps kids learn about the history of the Constitution as well. “but when they told me there was a state in this country where they’d let that nigger vote, I draw out. I says I’ll never vote ag’in.”(Chap.6 p.27) This quote teachers kids a little about when the black Americans could vote, also teaches a little about when slavery was abolished.. “Well I did. I said I wouldn’t, and I’ll stick to it. Honest injun, I will. People call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum--but that don’t make no difference. I ain’t agoing to tell, and I ain’t agoing back there anyways.”(Chap.8 p.43) This quote lets kids know about the Abolitionists during the early 1880’s. Abolitionists were helpful in getting slavery abolished in The Constitution in the 13th Amendment. “Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it made me all over trembly and feverish, too, to hear him, because I begun to get it through my head that he was most free--and who was to blame for it? Why, me.”(Chap.16 p.87) This quote informs kids about how there were different free states, and how big of an impact freedom had on people. It also shows a bit of the grief that Huckleberry Finn