Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Non-Racist Attitude in Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Non-Racist Attitude in Twains The Adventures of huckabackleberry FinnAs we look into issues of racism in the South we have to look at the time and backing of this book. Its before the Civil War and during sla really when black people were property and not people. Twains intent on writing is to argue the adventures of huck and his close friends, and not on the issues of slavery. He does however tell the truth about slavery and the issues that surround it. This book does not display racialist issues toward anybody, only when does a great job in telling the life of a runaway slave, Jim, and a white boy, Huck. For example, the story introduces Jim as an illiterate, childlike, not very clever and extremely superstitious black man growing up in the South during slavery. This would be a typical description of most custody of his ripen growing up at that time, and not just a black man. For people to think this book is about racism, they are totally flavour at and understanding this b ook from the wrong point of view. In addition, in chapter fifteen Jim is totally worried that he might have lost Huck in ... Non-Racist Attitude in Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Non-Racist Attitude in Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnAs we look into issues of racism in the South we have to look at the time and setting of this book. Its before the Civil War and during slavery when black people were property and not people. Twains intent on writing is to show the adventures of Huck and his close friends, and not on the issues of slavery. He does however tell the truth about slavery and the issues that surround it. This book does not display racist issues toward anybody, but does a great job in telling the life of a runaway slave, Jim, and a white boy, Huck. For example, the story introduces Jim as an illiterate, childlike, not very bright and extremely superstitious black man growing up in the South during slavery. This would be a typical descri ption of most men of his age growing up at that time, and not just a black man. For people to think this book is about racism, they are totally looking at and understanding this book from the wrong point of view. In addition, in chapter fifteen Jim is totally worried that he might have lost Huck in ...
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