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In the readings of "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" and "The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer", both written by Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, something interesting was found that a lot of readers did not see at first but after a while it's clear. These two works of literature are interesting because each of them hold a unique character that actually makes the story itself better. In, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Jim seems to share something with Injun Joe in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". They share many similarities and as a reader reads deeper into the book and thinks critically about each of their situations, he can notice them and almost instantly see the connections. The one and very important thing that everyone must know about these two individual persons is that none of them are white! This plays a very important role because first of all during these times of writing the main focus was usually on a white character and yes it is true in this book but Injun Joe and Jim are probably seen as the main focus in readers eyes. All sounds weird at first but will become clearer. Even though Injun plays a small part in "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" he does play rather an important role. First of all
In "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Injun Joe dies in a cave. This comparison between these two similar characters was brief but it does get the point through loud and clear. Joe is described throughout the whole story as an evil, hateful person with no respect. Jim is a black slave who is sick and tired of being treated like an animal and not a human. Robinson he says, "That Injun blood isn't in me for anything. First of all Jim is black and has a rather purer heart than Jim. The word "Injun" really affects Joe by the fact that he seems to be proud to carry out this title. Racism plays a serious role in both of these stories and in people's lives and Twain was ahead of his time to write these two stories. Race plays a great deal in both of these stories because when Mark Twain wrote these stories they was a lot of racism going around and he wanted the message "Colored people are human too!" out to those young minds. As one can see both Jim and Joe have a lot in common except for a couple of things that should be mentioned. Another thing that one must know about Joe is that he is half-Indian, which is why people would treat him like a slave or like Jim? Now Jim has a longer part in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and it makes the reader understand the character a little better. This conclusion had to be one of the best and when Huck said he'd go to hell for Jim, this showed the readers that Jim was very important to Huck. he is referred to as simply "Injun", meaning outcast.
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