Huck Finn Persuasive Essay

The Reason for Jim In Mark Twain's renowned novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you seem to be teleported back in time. Twain’s strong diction and vivid descriptions make it feel as though it is really the 1940’s in Hannibal, Missouri. Huck is the troublesome boy of the town and lacks parental guidance, because of the unluckiness of having a drunk as a father. Miss Watson, the town widow, takes Huck in as her own child and attempts to civilize him. While living with Miss Watson, Huck befriends one of her slaves who goes by the name of Jim. It quickly becomes apparent that Jim has a special place in his heart for Huck, and that Huck looks up to and respects Jim. Through Jim’s pure heart and fatherly role to Huck, Twain proves the insignificant need to judge a person based on their skin color, overall proving the ignorance in racism.
From the very first time Jim was introducedin Huck Finn as Mrs. Watson's slave, he has been nothing less than a good moraled, pure hearted, and hard working young man. Huck, from the very start of the novel, has had a great respect for Jim. Like all teenage
At the age of four, Twain moved to Hannibal, Missouri himself and lived on a large farm owned by his father and uncle. Like all others during the time, farm owners had slaves to help with the immense amount of manual labor. It was there Twain witnessed the never before seen side of those working for his father. He saw that there were in fact human beings within the shells that were once only seen as a slaves. Twain loved to spend his summer days listening to the stories from these slaves, which may have impacted how he portrayed Jim and his views of racism. Twain based Jim off his first hand view of the slaves from his father's farm. He is communicating to his reader the nonsense of racism and mistreating another person just because there is difference in each other’s skin