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Huckleberry Finn - Racism Debate
In recent years, there has been increasing discussion of the
seemingly racist ideas expressed by Mark Twain in Huckleberry Finn. In
some extreme cases the novel has even been banned by public school
systems and censored by public libraries. The basis for these
censorship campaigns has been the depiction of one of the main
characters in Huckleberry Finn, Jim, a black slave. Jim, is a
"typical" black slave who runs away from his "owner" Miss Watson. At
several points in the novel, Jim's character is described to the
reader, and some people have looked upon the characterization as
racist. However, before one begins to censor a novel it is important
to separate the ideas of the author from the ideas' of his characters.
It is also important not to take a novel at face value and to "read
between the lines" in order to capture the underlying themes of a......
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