Huckleberry Finn Morally Wrong
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“Well, it’s lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt.” (Twain 221)
Throughout Huckleberry Finn, we see the blatant, and cruel racism of the south. We view it not as adults, but through the eyes of a young kid who sees this as society's norm. Not only is slavery right, freeing a slave is considered a sin punishable by eternal damnation. His struggles and moral dilemmas throughout the book all show how immoral and corrupt the south really was.
While there is plenty of evidence that proves this, there are some moments that truly stuck. Like when a cylinder on the steam boat blows out, Sally asks if anybody is hurt, Huck replies by saying only a black person died. Sally then says, “Well, it’s lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt” (Twain
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how huckleberry finn shows the blatant, and cruel racism of the south through the eyes of a young kid who sees slavery as society's norm.
- Analyzes how huck's response to this shows how they don't even consider blacks as people, and how he still sees them as less than human.
- Analyzes how huck's deadbeat father, pap, points out the flaws and hypocrisies of their system. his refusal to believe a black man can do all of this shows how messed up and weak that society is.
- Analyzes how jim is thought to be an escaped slave on the run, but tom sawyer, huck's friend, reveals that he is freed when she dies. his selfishness is childish and cruel.
- Analyzes how huckleberry finn shows how cruel people can be to each other.
This rant that Pap goes on points out so many of the flaws and hypocrisies of their system. His blatant refusal to believe that a black man can do all of this shows how messed up and weak that society is. Not only do these rules and laws mock the constitution, but freedom in itself.
Throughout the majority of story, Jim is thought to be an escaped slave on the run. It isn't until near the end that Tom Sawyer, Huck's friend, reveals that Jim is in fact free. It is in his owners will that Jim is to be freed when she dies. Tom knowing this decides to not tell any of them this until the end. Instead choosing to keep this secret so he can have his fun and adventure, rather than free this man from shackles. His selfishness is not only childish and cruel, but shows how little people care for the lives of black people.
Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we witness the blatant and cruel racism of the south. How easily they throw people's lives away simply because of their skin color. How this society is so blind, that people can be nothing more than property to be bought and sold, used and thrown away. Huckleberry Finn truly shows how cruel people can be to each
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