The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set by Mark Twain in the pre-civil war era, when both racism and slavery were at a highpoint. ... Huck only being able to think good things about Jim portrays a true sense of friendship felt by Huck between himself and Jim. ... For example, because of the strict point of view that society has enforced on him, he is afraid that "it would get all around that Huck Finn helped a nigger to get his freedom; and if [he] was ever to see anybody from that town again [he"d] be ready to get down and lick his boots for shame" (191). ... Society's view on racis...

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