Tom Sawyer. Recurrent in the story, Huck consistently surrenders to the whimsical and impractical outlooks perceived by Tom, as can be observed when Tom establishes an imaginary assembly of adolescent thieves: "[. . .] he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back" (Twain 1). The mere approval of such childish organizations illustrates Huck's fascination for puerile amusements, magnifying his immaturity. He is not, however, absolutely in submission to all the ideas Tom comprehends. This can be perceived when Huck states: "[. . .] I judged that all that stuff was only just one of Tom Sawyer's lies [. . .] as for me I think different" (13). Observing Huck's succumbing characteristic, the concept of slavery is largely imprinted within his subliminal mindset. The term "nigger" is a custom throughout the story, being utilized as a simple and regular expression by the characters, especially by Huck. Such unconscious word usage displays the nature of the discriminate atmosphere. Slavery is a standard and traditional image among the mainstream population. Pap demonstrates such black intolerance when ranting about governmental defects, including its policies for black persons, and raging about a particular African-American-one quite erudite and, above all, liberated from slavery's grip. He declares his oppositions to such liberty: "' [. . .] when they told me there was a state in this country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote ag'in'" (24). Huck himself may not be an advocate of such bigotry, but the lifestyle he is nurtured in is
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