Is the use of the word "Nigger" considered to be racist? Is this day and time it is very racist and against the law to act on it. It Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn there is several comments about racism. In the beginning of the novel, Huck refers to Jim as Mrs. Watson and the Widow's nigger. Throughout the novel Afro-Americans are portrayed as being superstitious, illiterate, childlike, and ignorant.
             Interestingly, Jim who is an African American slave is one of the important characters in the novel. In the beginning of the novel we find out that Jim is the widow's slave. Furthermore, Jim runs away from home when he hears the widow talking to a man about selling Jim for Eight Hundred Dollars. He knew it was a sign of bad to luck to over hear that conversation. Jim was very superstitious and according to Huck, "Niggers always talking about witches in the dark by the kitchen fire..." referring to Jim, but when Jim says "don't touch that, its bad luck" Huck won't lay a finger on it. Jim was describing a big and dumb, so naturally we get the picture of the man from the Green mile (if you have seen it). This might be seen a racist, but Twain is simply portraying Jim as a typical slave in that time. Jim's wisdom often saved them time and trouble. For example, when Jim said it was going to rain that day on the island and it did, they had already moved all their belongings into the cave so they would not get wet. Although Huck likes Jim, it amazes me that when they got separated on the river in the fog that Huck never went to go look for Jim. It was as if he could care less for Jim. This is where one might believe that this novel is racist. Huck's environment as a child shows that everyone he knew was racist. Huck's father Pap could care less for any man who was of another color, the widow had one for a slave,
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