" "Yes,"" replies Huckleberry. ... Although modern society largely scorns racism, racism still continues, making books like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story about slavery and racism, still relevant to today. ... In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by reversing the black-white paradigm, Huck ultimately learns of the invalidity of the ideology behind slavery and racism that has governed his beliefs about whites and blacks his entire life. ... Huck Finn, therefore, serves as a spectator, judging them based on realistic observations. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Like so Many of Twain's protagonists, both black and white, including Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Jim, Pap, The Boss, Pudd'nhead, Tom Driscoll, Chambers and Roxy, Sam Clemens was infected with a form of racism that has been with man since the beginning of time, or since the fall of man in biblical terms. ... (Brodwin, pp. 336-337) The argument between nature and nurture becomes academic in a world where a character like Roxy can justify her sins based on the sins of those who have sinned against her. ...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate