The Face of a Racist Society
Mark Twain’s novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, is set in the time before the abolition of slavery despite the fact that the novel is published two decades after the Civil War. Twain purposely sets his novel during the days of slavery in order to show society that although slaves were liberated, blacks in the South were still discriminated and suppressed. Twain support his claim by the way Huck’s companion, Jim, is poorly treated by white characters and the frequent use of the word “nigger”. This in retrospect is holding a mirror up to a racist society.
The majority, if not all, of the novel is set prior to the Civil War a time when slavery was morally accepted. The reason behind this is to set up the
Mark Twain’s novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, is set in the time before the abolition of slavery despite the fact that the novel is published two decades after the Civil War. Twain purposely sets his novel during the days of slavery in order to show society that although slaves were liberated, blacks in the South were still discriminated and suppressed. Twain support his claim by the way Huck’s companion, Jim, is poorly treated by white characters and the frequent use of the word “nigger”. This in retrospect is holding a mirror up to a racist society.
The majority, if not all, of the novel is set prior to the Civil War a time when slavery was morally accepted. The reason behind this is to set up the