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Racism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Racism plays a big part when the King and the Duke show up on the raft with them. When they stay with the girls in the house, the sophomoric type of Duke says "I should ?a' reckoned the differences in the rank would sejested that a corn-shuck bed wont fit for me to sleep on . Your Grace'll take the shuck bed yourself" (126)...
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This shows his destitute for taking Jim seriously as a person and not just some dumb slave. The use of racist and vulgar words was constantly heard from the white adults as well as the children in the novel. "?was Jim a runaway nigger?"(126). Out of all the pieces of literature this book is known by many people worldwide, not only does things in this book still happen today, we can all relate this book...
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