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huck Finn I recently read the book Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This drool deals Mainly with a lost boy escaping his harsh existence, and a slave trying to r separately freedom. During the course of this book, the slave Jim, and the Boy Huck Bond with each other. I enjoyed this book immensely for a couple different reasons. While I liked the story, and the plot kept me interested, the real reason I pitch myself enjoying this book so much, was Mark Twains use of the underlying theme of racism. In this story, I found myself admiring Hucks innocent border on to slavery, and the treatment of slaves. Is Huck Finn a racist? Now this is a tough question. I would be tempted to say no. He always treats his run away slave-partner Jim equally. Never in this book once did he treat a black any(prenominal) different then he would have treated any white in the same situation. Whether or not Huck was intending to be racist, the fact still remains that he did not think of black s as equal. In the time period Huck Finn was written white children grew up with the mentality that they were a higher social class then the blacks. . I think Huck was subconsciously racist, but too innocent to understand its meaning, or even come to a conclusion about whether slavery was right or wrong. All his life Huck had lived in an environment in which slavery and racism were perfectly normal. To him questioning the morality of slavery would be like us questioning whether its morally right to keep house pets. Huck acquired his racism from his parental figures. When Huck was living with the widow, she had slaves around. Huck became used to slaves tending to his needs. For a short period in the book, Huck went to live with his dad. His dad frequentl... ...s the Phelps. Huck was a racist throughout the book, but as he would say, he take upt mean nothn by it. I think Hucks racism in this book was a pretty evident underlying theme. throughout the book, Mark Twain p ortrayed Huck as a racist, yet considerate to blacks. Hucks innocence in this book allowed him to be kind to blacks and yet still look at whites in a superior way. Even at the end of the book when Huck decided that he was loss to do what he thought was the wrong thing and free Jim, he never came to the conclusion that slavery and racism readiness be wrong, and he might be on the right track. Twains use of racism in a child as an underlying theme intrigued me. I consider in order to get a full idea of what I am talking about, you should read this book. I would highly recommend Huckleberry Finn to any college bookman looking for a good story with a lot of depth.