the chains of slavery? And if the freedom of the black slave were to be contested, was not the black man just as “white” in human approach to the white man? Another thought-provoking plot twist is how the author portrays Huck as a white boy from the lowest levels of the same white society who considered himself "superior" to his black counterparts. The question being that if this was a Huck character who was financially backward, had an abusive father, and hated the "civilized" form and structure of life, how on earth could the "me" justify the " slave drive” instilled on plantations and factories in America in the 1870s? Surely, if Huck were “black,” he would have been brazenly beaten until he was impossibly chained like black slaves were. If the white man's formula were to be applied to Huck, why wouldn't the white man enslave his "own" colored people? Twain emphasized this human duality by deliberately describing Huckleberry Finn who came from a lower class compared to Tom Sawyer, to perhaps enlighten the reader about the prevailing attitude in America towards the colored race. If the demonization of the “other” could be based on skin color and appearance, could it very well apply to lesser blue-collar workers like the character Huckleberry Finn? Was Huck Black? Jim the slave and Huck the disadvantaged white boy have a lot in common, both are disadvantaged, helpless, mistreated, long for freedom, fed up with the "rules and regulations" of the world order and above all, their respective destinies depend of the heads of the powerful white man. Huck gets a taste of his own duality when it comes to “trusting” Jim as they sail up the Mississippi River. Its duality is further...... middle of paper ......ke Hitler and Mussolini engaged in fascist behavior that bore an uncanny resemblance to the policies of Nazi Germany. The assimilation and fusion of the other were absolutely necessary. in America. Although Twain and others knew this would be a daunting task, the method by which the author sought to describe the "self" in both novels is intriguing. If Huck is represented as a white boy belonging to a poor background where excessive alcoholism is the path chosen by his father Pap, is this not a demonization of the white class? The categorization of the characters would have raised eyebrows at the time, although it seems that it was not just them or white theorists who advanced the idea that a black man was born to serve the white man. Philosophers were pathetically prone to extreme ethnic discrimination. Aristotle described slavery as not being