In “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, this book seems to be quite unique to the society of today. Matter fact it is very different because of the context and background in which the book was written in. Mark Twain appears to be very straight forward when it come to race issues and discussion that are occurring especially towards black people. One example is the use of the “n” word several times throughout the story and it also seems to fit the format of the text but at the same time it could come out as offensive today. Mark Twain like I said is straight-forward and very blunt when it comes to the use of the “n” word. To me I believe this action being exercised is not a huge deal for me because I like to see the reality of things and I feel that Mark Twain does a good job expressing his opinions and views of this era. It helps us see the difference of the older era and today. We see where this country was and the direction it has taken while seeing the changes of this country. Although one thing that has not yet changed is racism. Even though more than 100 years have past, we could see some similarities today compared to this story. Although when this story was written, slavery had ended a couple decades before but people were still furious for this action. White people just didn’t support the fact that slaves were free. It makes sense that Mark Twain also would explicit say the “n” word because people were used to this word and for them the meaning was to describe a certain group of people.
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