Huckleberry Finn and Racism

Huck defines his own viewpoint and opinion about race apart from what society views race as. Huck knows that Jim is a slave and Huck is raised in a society where the slaves befriended and were helped by no one. Huck turns out befriending Jim on the raft and then sees that ¡°he¡¯s white¡± (Twain, 137). Being white would mean that Jim is normal, just like everyone else in town. He is human, he can has emotions and feelings, he has his thoughts, and he realizes what is inside of a man instead of what he is on the outside. He crosses the border in the end by deciding to steal Jim even though ¡°¡­it¡¯s dirt, low-down business¡­I¡¯m low down, and I¡¯m a-going to steal him¡± (Twain, 217). This shows that even though people think it¡¯s wrong, he is willing to do it because he feels differently. The conversations with Jim as well as Jim¡¯s openness and unashamed dignity triggers Huck to see Jim differently from how others see him because he realizes who Jim really is and...