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This is the first 1,000 characters of 1589 words (6.36 pages) in the essay titled the racism in huckelberry finn Twain a racist? The answers to these questions lie in the examination ofMark Twain’s life and historical era, incidents and character comments throughout Huckleberry Finn, and reviews by critics of many races. Researching the life and times of Mark Twain led to various facts that negate the popular opinion that he was racist. Born Samuel Langhorn Clemens on November 30, 1835 in Missouri, Mark Twain witnessed an era of accepted slavery and racism (Roberts, 5). Growing up in the slave state of Missouri, Twain s father was a slave trader several times in his many occupational ventures. After his father s death Twain spent several summers with his uncle, John Quarles, who owned twenty slaves which provided Twain with an up close view of slavery in action. Twain was deeply affected by witnessing the brutal murder of a slave by a rock-throwing white man for the crime of merely doing something awkward” (Smith). Twain completed Huckleberry Finn in 1884, at a time when black identity in American society was undefined. Even though blacks had been granted citizenship in 1870 by the 15th Amendment to the Constitution, Southern white society still looked upon them as sub-human creatures without souls or feelings. “However, for his time Twain was liberal on racial issues.” The themes of Huckleberry Finn portray Mark Twain’s unrelenting belief in the equality of all races. Although Huckleberry Finn is primarily a novel about freedom and the quest for freed... |
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Keywords: themes of huckleberry finn, huckelberry finn, awkward, racism, freedom, mark twain, 15th amendment to the constitution, racist, slavery, slave trader, john quarles, samuel langhorn clemens, human creatures