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             In Twain's time, 'nigger' was a synonym for 'slave'." "The language is appropriate to the setting and time." "The portrayal of Jim proves that the racial stereotype of Twain's day was wrong." In the book The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain displays many different groups of society through
             his point of veiw. The main factor that makes up the plot of this novel bases on the connection of these different
             groups. Twain shows four main classifications of society in the book. They are listed as follows: black and white
             social boundaries, when looks are decieivng, people being followers and not leaders, and also greed among society.
             Many points in the story hint about the different classifications of the society created in Twain's mind.
             Twain often used prejudice as a building block for the plots of his stories. Twain even stated,
             "The very ink in which history is written is merely fluid prejudice." There are many other examples in which Twain
             uses prejudice as a foundation for the entertainment of his writing. At times he even made some of his prejudice
             remarks quite humorous. Twain himself was not a racist man, but he wanted to make his book more like a duplicate
             of that point in time. In order to do that, racism was a key element to involve in his writing. In
             The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn Twain shows the barrier between black slaves and the white community
             created by caucasians themselves.
             White people and black slaves are the main two classifications contrasted in the novel. Throughout the novel
             Twain shows white people as a more educated group that is higher in society compared to the black slaves presented.
             At one point in the story Huckleberry Finn's father becomes threatened and eventually angry when he notices that a
             black man seems to be more educated than himself. In Twain's era blac...

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