h are considered bad by our standards today. In the first chapter, Huck Finn actually smokes! Stealing is also observed in the story, not to mention that both Sawyer's and Finn's personalities leads them into trouble which involves pain and suffering for themselves and others!
             Racism also coincides with the other problems of the book. David Bradley, a teacher, finds it very hard to teach with the book because of the racism, finding it present today. If racism wasn't here today, it would be easy to teach, but that isn't the case. Jim is the blunt of most racism in the story, and it hard to ignore.
             Words that are offensive to certain groups of people are found throughout in the book. Many people find the ideas and imagery of killing, stealing, and the constant use of the word nigger to be offensive. Scenes that involve the character Pap swearing at Huck, and much more abuse from this horrible character are present.
             Conversation with Jim is indicative of abusive dialogue. An example of this is when Huck helps Jim, after he escaped slavery, he doesn't want to be a low-down abolitionist. This shows you that Huck clearly looks down on slaves, and he doesn't like abolitionists. He would rather give Jim up than be caught with him and suffer the consequences.
             Another example is when Huck plays a joke on Jim, and a snake poisons him. Huck calls Jim a fool for no reason at all, putting the blame on him for getting poisoned.
             These examples show you that Mark Twain uses Jim as the focus point of derogatory jokes. Huck doesn't care about Jim's feelings.
             What the characters actually do in the book is extremely "life-like" and could offend and hurt sensitive readers. Huck, and especially Pap, are definitely not people that you would like to idealize!
             Today in America, child abuse is running rampant. Pap is a very abusive father to his son, Huck. Not only is he abusive, he's an alc...