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A 5 page paper which
examines how Mark Twain presents the reader with portrayals of racial minorities in “the
Adventures of Tom Sawyer.” Bibliography lists 3 additional sources.
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAtwnrce.rtf
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the society of the times. While we like to presume that we are beyond racial prejudices today, and thus look negatively upon some of the works of Twain, we must
remember that racial perceptions presented in Twains story were reflective of his time period. Bearing that in mind we look at the tamer of his stories, "The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer." In the examination we look at how Twain presents us with discussions or presentations related to different racial groups. The paper focuses predominately on the character of Injun Joe
and how he is representative of the Native Americans. Racial Elements in Twains Story In the simple and short preface of Twains work we clearly see a reference to
slaves, indicating that they are, in many ways, like children. He states that "The odd superstitions touched upon were all prevalent among children and slaves in the West at the
period of this story" (Twain Preface). It may well be that Twain may not have been making any racial assumptions that were negative but merely stating the fact that many
slaves of the time held the same simplistic superstitions that children did. This could be argued as a cultural ignorance or a cultural wisdom that could be associated with previous
beliefs maintained by the slaves when they still resided in Africa. There is also the perspective which argues that the children and the slaves are wiser, for "are we
not somehow left in the end with the idea that the zealous followers of superstition are somehow safer than their Christian counterparts? In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer a boy
of German parentage memorizes eight or ten thousand bible verses but goes mad from the effort" and though not directly related to Tom Sawyers story, we note that Tom, Twains
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