One human attribute that seems too difficult to eliminate as the world ages is racism. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain in the 1880s. At that time, the character of Jim, a runaway black slave, was the object of Mark Twain's expression. Many characters of color of the time were expected to embody typical slave stereotypes. Jim, however, was different. In the novel, Jim goes through several events that helped shape his character into one that broke the stereotypes of the average colored man and slave of the time. Jim goes from a character described as a superstitious flat character to a character who has personality, a mentality, a father figure to Huck, and morals. At the beginning of the novel, Jim is described as a superstitious character. The proof can be found in Tom's ruse towards Jim: "Tom said he took Jim's hat off his head and hung it on a branch right above him, and Jim wiggled a little , but he did not wake up” (6). Due to Tom's actions, this led Jim to believe that witches had bewitched him while he slept. The aftermath of Jim's story caused many African Americans to travel miles to hear it. He told African Americans that witches had bewitched him and put him into a trance. When the African Americans concluded that his superstitious story was a myth, Jim then informs them of his hat hanging on the tree. His fellow African-Americans believed him then and thought he was the most admirable slave of that era. The beginning of the book also portrays Jim as a flat character. Additionally, the incident revealed that Tom was a typical stupid slave and a flat character. Jim, representing an average African American and a slave, invented a story; "After Jim...... middle of paper ...... it was worse than pets Finally, Mark Twain made an excellent demonstration on racial inequality through The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He demonstrated this through Jim's development from being an African-American slave born in an inappropriate time for people of color to being the protagonist of the story. who believes in superstitions and was portrayed negatively by Huck because Jim was a slave Jim and Tom were playing tricks on Jim knowing that Jim would fall for the trap. For example, they hung Jim's hat on a. tree knowing that Jim would believe it was the witches who did it Later, Huck described that Jim twisted his story every time he told it However, as Jim escaped from slavery and. As Huck escaped from Miss Watson's house, Jim's character began to change.