Theme: the theme of slavery in the novels of m. Twain contents

General Conclusion

To conclude what has been studied in this research, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel which had the courage to assail the arrogant belief of white Southerners in their superiority to Negroes. After a deep examination and analysis of the novel, it appears that Mark Twain is totally against slavery and racism through his satirical tone of writing and the different elements of the story such as characters for example when Pap mocks of the black man who had the will to vote, he considered him as inhuman and have no rights to vote like any other white man. Through this character we can see the foolishness and ignorance of Pap and the focus on his racist act.
That Twain is not racist can be seen through the character Huck Finn, who in the beginning is like any Southern person who sees Blacks as inferior and not human as they are only slaves and property who have no right to do anything. But when Huck starts his journey down the Mississippi river with the black slave Jim, he realizes that Jim protects him from dangerous situations they encounter. All these aspects indicate that the slave Jim is really human and sensitive person, from here Huck recognizes that Jim has the total right to live freely with his family and he merits respect and admiration. From this point, Huck‟s behaviour towards the slave Jim starts to change as it becomes more positive, he starts to believe in his conscience to help Jim to be free despite the fact that he will confront his society rules, showing that Twain is totally against slavery.
It appears through the novel that Twain is completely against slavery and racism when he portrays the character Jim as sensitive, honest and reasonable like loyal friend and real father who cares for his family. On the other hand, Twain makes the white character Pap who mistreats his own son Huck and his bad habits in contrast to Jim. Twain also uses some white characters‟ behaviour‟s to criticize the hypocrisy of society and civilization as well as to show to what extent they support slavery. For example, the King and the Duke who are frauds and they trick many innocent people, the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords two feuding families whose main reason is to kill each other with no mercy.
Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with a negative view of society to show his real opinion that he is against the thoughts and beliefs of southern people over different issues such as slavery and racism through characters actions and behaviour. Furthermore, he portrays southern society that is filled with ill racist behaviour.
The events of the story happened before the Civil War when slavery was still legal and he focuses on slaves suffering through Jim. Twain also criticise the hypocrisy of society through Miss Watson who owned the slave Jim and Aunt Sally who believe that slavery is obligatory for life even though they are ethically correct and religious. They agree to sell Jim down the river and separate him from his family. This creates moral confusion and shows Mark Twain‟s view that society is full of evil and corruption. Also, when Jim is captured by the King and the Duke they sell him without hesitation and all what they were looking for is the reward.
When Huck sees the acts of the Duke and the King and the way they treat Jim who becomes his loyal friend, he starts to have doubts about what he learns from society. He cannot understand why people treat Blacks in such bad way, then he begins to understand the injustice of society and he decides to run away.
Mark Twain denounces the social acts and values of the southern society focussing on the issue of slavery and racism during the pre-civil war era, he believes that there is no reason for the whites, whether devoted Christians or aristocracy to believe they are superior to Blacks. Twain Criticizes Southerners for not being caring and loving persons towards slaves but they are rather spoilt by their chase for money, heaven and lost honour.
Unfortunately, this negative racist attitude towards blacks in the United States can still be found even nowadays, two centuries after the publication of Twain‟s novel which proves how far sighted and visionary he was.