Anti-Racist
Jim is the first black character in a book
- This is the first book were they humanize black people
-Once we actually get to know Jim he isn’t as stupid as he was portrayed in the beginning
River vs. Shore
-Huck defies society to help Jim
-Huck started to really care about Jim
-“they’re after us”
-Huck tears up the letter and says “I’ll go to hell”
All racist characters are assholes
-There are racist characters but that doesnt mean the book is racist but it is just what the people were like in that time
· When kids were young they didn’t think that anything was wrong with having slaves.
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It should be taught in schools
Brendan,
ReplyDeleteThough this post is brief, you do a good job of laying out the points you want to make. Be sure that you address and counter, rather than simply ignore, those arguments against teaching the book.
I look forward to reading your first draft on Thursday!