The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel written by Mark Twain. The novel was published in 1885 and describes antebellum Southern society. The book sheds light on the issues of slavery and racism that were rampant during the era. The book tells the life of Huck Finn, a boy who does not want to conform to the norms of the so-called civilized society. His struggle is shared with a runaway slave named Jim who accompanies Huck on a journey down the Mississippi where they form an unlikely friendship. Throughout the book Huck can be seen maturing into a young man who embraces people of color as equals. Although the book accurately depicts the racism of the time, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not a racist novel because it uses satire to demonstrate the senselessness of racism. You can't accuse a book of being racist because it uses racial slurs or describes racism. One must first understand the culture of the company at the time it was written. The word “nigger” was a very common word to call a slave a nigger, but obviously today it is very offensive. If Twain wanted to write a historically accurate book, the inclusion of the word is absolutely necessary. Huck comes from a town in Missouri where slavery was an acceptable part of life. Mary Jane really liked black people and was very sad when they were sold to another family. He says “and it was the blacks who put in the most quotes” (p. 181). This shows that the word is not necessarily always negative. At that time blacks were not treated with the same respect as whites and Mark Twain needed to portray this. To make the book authentic, Mark Twain told it as it was, probably without imposing his ideas on anyone except perhaps Huck. Some characters were actually…half of paper…you get an order to box up this rubbish and put it away; and do you think a nigger can come across money and not borrow some of it?" (26.97) Some people might say that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist novel because blacks are portrayed as stupid and often called racial slurs. Huck ci tries to explain to Jim that there are other languages ​​but he doesn't understand. "Well, that's a ridiculous way, and I don't want to know more, it doesn't make sense." However this isn't racist since many people back then were not educated and especially blacks. Twain is simply authentic. This novel demonstrates the racial injustices of the time. Twain accurately describes how blacks were treated, but it is not racist in itself nor does it condone racism. Jim is never depicted in a. negative light and is often suggested to be equal to the white man.