NOTE: I don’t mean to say “African American” to refer to Jim, or in hypothetical terms that happen in the novel, as black slaves at the time were not considered American citizens. Trying to find fault in this shot.
Since its original publication in 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, perhaps Mark Twain’s literary masterpiece of all time proved to be one. The characters throughout the book constantly use derogatory terms towards the African slaves of the American Civil War South. The constant use of the term “nigger” is enough to make the skin bare. But many times, new critics will find their skin crawling for all the wrong reasons. In other words, the majority found the word “offensive” and “politically incorrect”. They see Mark Twin as a racist who, after thirty years of Civil War, still wants to race. tension (greater minor tension) between White Americans and former African slaves. This is perhaps the most important thing that has ever been committed to American literature. He did not try to hold the opinions of the Gentiles to the ancient masters. On the other hand, through the events that take place in The Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn, Twain’s ignorance and paradoxes explains the beliefs of many “saved” and religious families in America in the 1830s. Simply put, those who condemn the novel as racist propaganda miss the point entirely; Huck throughout life learns Huck learns to be unequal and not to be considered human, but only through flight with Nigger Jim finds himself contending with what he has been brought up to believe is right, and what he himself believes to be honest.
Perhaps the main reason that the two of them came into the fire after his death is because his views pale in dialogue, which on the surface seems dirty or stereotypical of Africans. At one point when Huck and Tom Sawyer are on the verge, they notice Jim being held captive by him. Phelps, where it is kept, because it is led by a melon. The two redeem themselves through Huck, who exclaims, “He shows how the body can see and not see at the same time.” On a symbolic level, this simple passage that subtly hints at Huck’s realization that all that he has been taught is moral is not so ethical after all. Another focus of those who are opposed to the novel is the frequent dialogue between the white characters, who have no importance in the African well. For example, when Huck (pretending to be Tom) first meets Aunt Sally, he describes an adventure going on a boat. Aunt Sally exclaims, “Good bye! Is anyone hurt?” to which Huck replies, “No one. He killed a nigger.” Sadly, the perspective of Twain’s satire on such a serious subject is not hidden from those who simply read the words of the book rather than read the deeper meaning. Further, let those who stumble, remember the time in which this book was written, and the time in which the events took place. If the novel was re-written to appease the insults of the masses, the place of slavery and race could not even arise, the escape of Jim being necessary, and finally changing the novel to the greatest extent American literature to the innocuous Saturday morning “good to be” story. In an essay titled “Why Huckleberry Finn is a Great New World,” by Lauriat Lane, Jr., the author states quite simply, “FinHuckleberry Finn” is a story. journey, true journey” (World Novel). The fact must be stated: slavery did. Racism isn’t. Anyone who criticizes Twain’s depiction of the Civil War in the American South should not “news to send”, so to speak, but rather to look at the world in which we live, and to transfer his protest to what brings our society, much like this. service on 19th century was made.
In the middle of the new fight, Huck is at his last: if he commits what he has been taught to be a real sin, or if he gives up on helping Jim escape, for no other reason than he seems to be doing just to be honest. When he discovers that Phelps is holding Jim prisoner, he finds himself torn apart. He writes a letter to Miss Watson explaining where Jim is, and as he holds the note he thinks, “I’m forever between the two …and then he says to me: “I’ll go to hell right then.” to see that it is an honest choice, but it is seen as a determining factor that haunts him forever. The reader is left to understand: Is Huck a moral character? Throughout the novel, Huck, despite his relationship with Jim , he thinks that blacks are very vain and not equal to whites. But this is due to the fact that he is still a child. Everything he knows about Africans in a society that treats them like animals is a difficult thing to explore, as it seems to be a slave prevalent to most American citizens as it is shameful, but in Huck’s time and place the majority saw not only right but the natural order of things. Huck himself recognizes the ambiguity of right and wrong, ironically in his treatment of the captain and the dolphin with pitch and feather. On the one hand, Huck describes their treatment as “horrible” and goes on to say that “The earth can be cruel to each other.” Here’s the two girls around the exit, even though the captain and the dolphin basically got what was coming to them, Huck still feels bad about them.
He feels bad about them, the lowest notes in the novel, but he doesn’t understand why. He contemplates his conscience, saying, “… It doesn’t matter whether you do right or wrong, conscience makes no sense…” In this, Huck seems to understand that conscience is something that societal-norms and morality, and is really the basis of human nature. Compare this with two passages from the novel, which both expose the true nature of Huck and Jim. After surviving a dangerous trip down the river and getting separated, Huck decides to play a trick on Jim, convincing him that it was all a dream. When Jim finally comes to the realization that the event did really happen, Huck is shocked that he is “in de head er dey fren’s en shit em shame”. Again, Huck finds himself ashamed of what he has done, and “makes himself) go and humble himself.” Although Huck still sees himself as a white person, as superior Jim, he carries his conscience with him to comfort the lowly servant. Furthermore, in the novel, the reader sees not only Jim’s good nature, but also Jim’shaa nature, and also his conscience. Jim tells a story about Huck in which he spanks his daughter for not doing what she’s told, only to find out later that she’s gone deaf from an illness, and simply didn’t hear him. He later reveals that, like White Huck, Nigger Jim has a conscience. The fact that Jim has a conscience, which is a human trait, shows that he is not an animal or a savage, but that he is as much a man as Huck is. As Peter Salwen wrote in an article about the issue of race in The Adventures of Huck Finn, “…Jim, as Twain presents him, is hardly a mime, but he is a moral center. A free, brave and noble man” (Finn Racist ?). The whole point of the novel is for the reader to feel real sympathy for Jim, who, despite the prevailing views of the white slave of the time, is a man, just as they are. Ralph Ellison is quoted as saying, “Huckleberry Finn knew, like Mark Twain, that Jim was not alone. But the slave was a man it is
To know that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was censored, banned and noticed since its publication is very disturbing. Although it has been hailed by many as a masterpiece, and by Ernest-hemingway as “The best book we’ve ever had”, it is still central today controversy Sadly, those who criticize the new wills are completely lacking in two things, which should expose the fun of slavery, the ignorance of the slaves, and the hypocrisy in which they live their lives. An entirely new reader encounters righteous and apparently morally religious people who ironically see nothing wrong with the practice of serving blacks. The treatment of Africans throughout the novel is not personal; it is a more accurate historical representation of the American South in the 1830s. Those who avoid the book are only trying to bury the past, not recognizing the faults on which the country was built. Moreover, those who avoid the book, not paying enough attention, as sporadically in the novel, and finally in the finished reading of the novel, the reader is supposed to feel sorry for Jim, as well as for all the Africans who serve. before Civil War. Many simply read the words of the story, the word “nigger” and assume the author is racist. However, on closer examination, it should be as clear as possible that this is true. As Huck says, “It shows how the body can see and not see at the same time.”
