Huck Finn Zero Draft

My essay will describe the way in which this book is clearly anti racist but is simply realistic regarding state of race relations in the antebellum south in 1835. One of the biggest arguments in deeming Huck Finn racist is the use of the currently very offensive word "nigger". Many people claim that this book is racist because Twain decided to use this word when it was not necessarily an allright word to use in the north when he wrote the book in 1884. The reason that Twain uses this word so prolifically is that it was a large part of the vernacular in 1835, the fact that the book uses the vernacular makes it the great American Classic that it is. Another reason why this book has been called racist is that it portrays Jim as a dumb individual because his is black. People who make this argument often overlook the main message of the book the way in which the reader's view on Jim changes. As the book progresses, we see Jim change from a dumb, trickable individual, to a caring, human, fatherly figure and huck's realization of Jim as a man is the anti-racist centerpiece of this novel. This novel portrays the friendship of these two and their journey as defying the racist ways of current society. Twain's record also suggests that is heavily anti racist