Friday, April 6, 2018
Huckleberry Finn #2
In the book Hucleberry Finn, the amount of stereotype and prejudice because of it is overwhelming. Towards ththe beginning of the book, after Huckleberry runs away, it is believed that he has been murdered. Once it is then revealed that Jim has run away, everyone immediately assumes that Jim is the one who murdered Huck. Instead of thinking that it is Pap, who has been known to Hurt Huck and is also a drunk, their first assumption is Jim. Simply because Jim is a Black Slave, he instantly becomes a murderous monster in their eyes. Instead of using logic and reasoning, they instantly decide that Jim must pay for his actions, his actions that do not exist. The irony becomes even more evident once Jim repeatedly saves and helps Huck, further solidifying that he is a pure, honest human being
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I am reading the help. In my book there are multiple cases of people believing a white woman over a black woman. Hilly repeatedly accuses maids of stealing when they in fact did not. Hilly has no proof and no witnesses and nothing at all but it does not matter. They would never believe a maid over a white socialite.
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