Kieanna SmackPeriod January 16, 2014The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnRacism, slavery, friendship, freedom, hypocrisy, conflict and nature, as well as "civilized society", are the themes expressed throughout this book. Huck is the main character and he has his struggles, but he plays by his own rules and has an "I don't care" attitude about life and where he will end up. The novel was written after the abolition of slavery, but it is written from the perspective of this racial period. Each theme expresses its own importance and plays a role in the development of the book. Huck is very open-minded, he is the center of this novel and does not have much respect for authority. Huck doesn't like the idea of ​​following rules. One of Huck's main conflicts is with Jim, an escaped slave but a role model and good friend to Huck. Jim demonstrates what an adult should be like in society because he looks up to and is loyal to Huck. Huck wanted to protect Jim, so he lied to the slave catchers about a smallpox outbreak to keep them from searching near him and it actually worked. In this situation, Huck opposed society because, at this time in the book, slavery still existed. It was unlikely that a black man would be protected, so Huck was open-minded in this situation and did what he thought was right because Jim was a loyal friend to him. Society has taught him to view Jim, but he realizes that's not how he wants to be and sees Jim as a human like him and everyone else. Huck realizes that society teaches to treat people badly because of the color of their skin. Huck has morals and knows that the man people judge would sacrifice his freedom for him. Jim is more of a parent to Huck than Huck's father. Huck knows how to... middle of paper ...... take into account slavery and racism. He discusses racial issues and how doing the wrong thing qualifies as righteous or civilized. This shows how society can overlook its own flaws because they are common and become very hypocritical. The salve owners thought there was nothing wrong with what they were doing, that they were such good people because it was common then for people to own slaves. Society must have known that this was wrong, because even Huck could understand that slavery and racism were wrong, even when society showed that it was acceptable to degrade human beings. Huck has found a friend in Jim and that's all that matters to him. Jim showed he was loyal. Twain's use of satire makes the moral I follow in the novel stick to the reader, he uses it through Huck when expressing his feelings, an outside religion shows the hypocrisy of society with a tone of d 'humor..