Huck and Jim have become close. More like best friends trapped on an island together. But when Jim finds out that Huck pranked him, he went bolistic and compared Huck to trash. I feel like this reaction was appropriate because if you were to put yourself in Jim's shoes, you would feel betrayed and disrespected. His whole life, Jim was a slave and was dehumanized because of his race. His friendship with Huck finally made him feel like he was a human not a product. Huck made Jim like a total fool, and only dehumanize Jim a tad bit more.
This kind of shows that yes, this book can be written down as racist, but I also believe that it should be taught in a high school classroom. Racism is in our history, in our older generations and our responsibility to accept that as human being, we are never truly equal to each other.
I for one enjoy this book and like how it's easy and fun to read. it can get hard to understand at certain pints, but the adventurous plot and story line make it hard to really stop reading and put it down. There's suspense around every corner!
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i agree. although i think that the book starts off more racist in the begging and gets less ractis the futher we read.Since Huck is a little boy he has been taught about racism but doesn't act that way toward Jim. Until he says that he want to turn Jim in.
ReplyDeleteJim is his companion. I agree and he treats him with moral respect as the novel continues. The lvoe that they have for eachother grows. this is soemthing that rarely ahppened in this day and age
ReplyDeleteNice post, Molly. I think you're right to point out that the evolving relationship between Jim and Huck is becoming key to the larger meaning of the novel. I'll be interested to hear how you feel this relationship has turned out in the reading assigned over break.
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