LITERARY ANALYSIS - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, the author of the one of the greatest novels in American literature, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, portrays his opinion of prejudice of African Americans during the 19th Century in the United States by criticizing the white people who have "racism". ... Mark Twain creates various white characters in order to demonstrate the culpability of racism. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the whites are in different classes of the society. ... Mark Twain criticizes the racism which most white people had over African Ame...

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Religious Hypocrisy and Racism in Huckleberry Finn In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, a very powerful and potent message lies behind the lighthearted and humorous storyline. Twain uses wit and humor in Huckleberry Finn to satirize and expose elements of society that he believed needed reform, namely religious hypocrisy and racial prejudice. ... Perhaps more prevalent than religious hypocrisy is Twain's satire of racism, primarily through the use of Jim and a few other black characters. ... Aunt Sally and other characters are guilty of racial prejudice. ... Huckleberry Finn attacks...

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The theme of race played a huge part in the novel Huckleberry Finn. ... Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in a time era where the South was still racist and the effects of slavery were normal. ... The book has a character named Jim who is a slave. In Huckleberry Finn what seems like "good " white people such as Miss Watson and Sally Phelps are people who have slaves and don't care about the cruelty of slavery and separating him from his family. In Huckleberry Finn, Jim, a black slave runs away from his owner Miss Watson. ...

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One of the most effective ways Mark Twain represents the notion that the idea of slavery is hypocritical is through his use of characters such as Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. ... Another character that helps to support Twain's views regarding slavery is Pap, Huck's father. ... The white people call the people of color "niggers" and Twain makes the black characters seem to be less intelligent and all around inferior to the whites. ... They all have the potential to possess human emotion and to succeed in life and Twain supports this idea in Huckleberry Finn....

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The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is full of satires. ... Also they way Huck, a realist character, always disagree with Tom, a romantic character, symbolized satire on romanticism. ... Tom is a romantic character so when he said he has read all the books, he was referring to all the books during the romanticism period, and Twain was saying through Huck's perspective that romantics are foolish and he believed that romanticism was an unnecessary movement. ...

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