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One human attribute that seems too difficult to terminate as the world increase in age, is racism. The novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was written by Mark Twain in the 1880’s. During that era, the character of Jim,a black runaway slave, was the item of expression for Mark Twain. Many colored characters at the time had to embody the typical stereotypes of slaves. Jim, however, was different. In the novel, Jim goes through several events that helped transitions his character into one that broke the stereotypes of the average colored man and slave at the time. Jim goes from a character that is portrayed as a superstitious flat character to one that has personality, mentality, a father figure for Huck, and morals.

In the beginning of the novel, Jim is described as a superstitious character. Evidence can be found through Tom’s trickery towards Jim, “Tom said he slipped Jim’s hat off of his head and hung it on a limb right over him, and Jim stirred a little,but he didn't wake” (6). Due to Tom’s actions, it triggered Jim into believing that witches had bewitched him during his sleep. The aftermath of Jim’s story led to many African Americans traveling for miles to hear it. He told African Americans that witches had bewitched him and placed him in a trance. When African Americans concluded that his superstitious story was a myth, Jim then informs them about his dangled hat on the tree. His fellows African Americans then believed him and thought he was the most admirable slave during that time. The beginning of the book also described Jim as a flat character.

Also, the incident revealed Tom to be a typical dumb slave and as a flat character. Jim, representing an average African American and slave, made up a story; "Afterwards Jim ...

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...d worse than pets. Lastly, Mark Twain showed an excellent demonstration on the racial inequality through The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He demonstrated through the development of Jim. Jim went from being an African American slave that was borned in the wrong period of time for colored people to being the protagonist of the story. Jim went from a flat character that believes in superstitions. Jim was negatively described by Huck. Huck looked down on Jim due to Jim being a slave. Jim and Tom would play tricks on Jim knowing that Jim will fall for it. For an example, they hanged Jim’s hat on a tree knowing that Jim will believe that it was the witches that did it. Then later on Huck described that Jim would twists his story every time he tells it. However, as Jim escaped from slavery and Huck escaped from Miss. Watson’s home, Jim’s character started to change. Jim