Throughout southern literature the "happy darky" character is a common character played in incredibly odd situations. The "happy darky" character is an African American character, who endures many struggles in life because of their race and social status in society, but throughout it all the character still remains in high spirits on the outside, but deep down inside the reader knows the hardships of the internal struggles which the character appears to hide.
The character Jim in Huckleberry Finn is an example of the southern literature character, the "happy darky". Jim, a runaway slave, displays an enormous amount of humanity throughout the novel. Jim wins the readers of Huckleberry Finn with his compassionate and humble approach to a society that has imprisoned him his whole life, which makes the readers forget that he is being rebellious and running away from slavery. Jim is made out to be a foul and has a horrible trick played on him dealing with his freedom by another......
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