The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThere is a major debate over whether Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist novel or not and whether it must be taught in schools. A lot of people found this book demeaning to certain races and thought that Twain used racist words loosely in this book. It was also thought that the book should be banned from school reading lists due to the racial context. While others found The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn an excellent book that reveals the real racism that occurred before the Civil War. This novel is about a troublesome young man named Huckleberry Finn who runs away from his alcoholic and abusive father with a black slave named Jim who has run away from his owner, Miss Watson. Huck and Jim create this unlikely friendship on the path to a better life full of freedom. This novel Huckleberry Finn should continue to be taught in schools because it shows realism, satire, and friendship between Huck and Jim. One of the reasons why Huckleberry Finn is not a racist novel is that Twain uses a large amount of realism throughout the book. An example of realism used by Twain is that slavery and racism are constantly mentioned throughout the story. It is constantly brought up during the time when slavery and racism were very popular. In the story, Miss Watson shows an example of realism when she sells her slave Jim in Orléans. "I hear my old woman say she wanted to sell me to Orléans but she didn't want to, but she could get me eight hundred dollars, and it was a big pile of money she could. I can't resist” (Twain 43). The quotes show realism because in the time of Huckleberry Finn it was common for...... middle of paper...... his feeling but throughout the book Huck changes. He cares about Jim, his feelings, what he wants, he protects Jim too. If Huck Finn were a racist book, Huck and Jim would not have the friendship they have in the story. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain should always be taught in schools because it is not a racist book and it is important to teach it in schools because it teaches students the reality of what happened before the Civil War. Another reason why this should always be taught in school is because if it was not taught in school, students would not read about the fantastic friendship between Huck and Jim. Not everything in the book is racist because of the realism it presents throughout the story, the satire Twain uses to mock society, religion, and racism, and last but not least the character unlikely friendship between Huck and Jim..