The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Few books in the American literary genre have been as influential and as debated as Mark Twain's 1985 novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Immediately after its publication, the book was quickly banned in some libraries. For Twain's critics, the novel is racist on its face, and for the most obvious reason, the racial slurs and harsh portrayal of Jim in the novel. I believe this book is one of the greatest anti-racist books in America. In Huckleberry, Finn Twain not only isn't racist, but he tries to point out how stupid and wrong slavery is. In Huck Finn, all aspects of racism are shown through the characters in the novel, from Pap to Huck himself. At the beginning of the book, you can see it from Widow Douglas and Miss Watson's attempt to "civilize" Huck until the end of the book. when Tom Sawyer has a surprising cheer that Jim was already free. When a person reads this novel carefully, they can see that in many ways Twain is writing in a satirical sense. For example, Aunt Sally hears about a steamboat sinking and asks if anyone is hurt, then she says no, just a nigger. Aunt Sally goes on to say, “Well, that’s lucky, because sometimes people get hurt. » In this sense, Twain uses the verb to convey that in the South, if a black person died, it would not bother them at all. In chapter fifteen, when Jim becomes very worried about losing his friend, he expresses his worry to Huck. This shows that there is a connection that has been established between Huck and Jim. A bond that is not one of slavery and more importantly a deeper relationship than being a slave. Another example would be how Pap is drunk, uneducated, and unemployed, representing the lowest class of white Southern society. Pap kidnaps Huck and keeps him in the woods, then mocks Huck for being educated. And for Twain using the word negro, he was just trying to give the book a more realistic view and make it fit the time period in which it is set. Although the evidence that Twains wrote this book is anti-racist, some believe this book is extremely discriminatory and should be banned..