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Humanistic Depiction of Jim "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is the most grotesque example of racist trash ever written" (Wallace 1). Many people in the African American community share this rather extreme view, believing that the book promotes racist ideas and agendas. Others, however, regard it as holding one of the highest positions in the canon of American literature. On an international level, it is "a fixture among the classics of world literature" (…

…person, or as a cheat. This is in ironic contrast to the way Huck's white father is depicted. Huck's father, Pa, is portrayed using all of the above characteristics. In the end, Jim is shown to be a good friend, a man devoted to his family, and a loyal fatherly figure to Huck. Works Cited Wallace, John H. "The Case Against Huck Finn" The Press of Ideas. Ed. Julie Bates Dock. Boston: Bedford Books, 1996. 457-64.