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A 6 page paper which examines Mark Twain's views on slavery primarily through his character Jim from The adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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American who was enslaved during Twains time, has always been a controversial and confusing subject. We find these an even more powerful debate today as many schools ban his book
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" due to its use of negative, and not politically correct, language. This particular novel has also been the center of debate due to Hucks seemingly
weak stance in regards to his friend and runaway slave Jim. In the following paper we examine Twains novel and discuss what it seems that Twains views on slavery were
primarily through the character of Jim. Twain and Slavery It is important to note, first and foremost, that in Twains time the issue of slavery was not always a
cut-and-dried reality as it is today. People did not necessarily understand the moral and social realities involved with slavery. Today we take a position where we abhor anyone who even
remotely imagines that slavery had a valid place in the society. Bearing that in mind we see that Twain was, above all, from a different place and time. In his
book about Huckleberry Finn, as it involves slaves and the idea of fugitive slave, we see Huck as the most powerful tool from which to examine the realities of the
time and thus see the attitudes of Twain. First we see that Huck is very disturbed by the fact that Jim has runaway. Jim is truly Hucks friend and Huck
is truly a rebel of sorts in his society. But, at the same time Huck is very confused for he knows the law and he feels that the law is
somehow, perhaps, linked with the laws of God. He feels an obligation to turn Jim in when he gets an opportunity. But, then he changes his mind and decides that
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