Huckleberry Finn Rhetorical Analysis

The most significant injustice which the narrator is blind to is the social inequality between white and black people. 1. Dazzled by the tantalizing yet superficial promise of success and power, the narrator passively accepts white superiority in order to curry favor with them. a. He is so absorbed with “flatter[ing] rich white folks” (38) that he fails to question why he must act subservient in the first place b. As the narrator unconsciously throws away his self-respect, he also exhibits the inability to make clear moral judgements on issues which seem undoubtedly wrong and unethical.

b. In Chapter 40 of Huckleberry Finn it states: “I knowed he was white in the inside, and I reckoned he’d say what he did say-so it was all right now(Twain 271). i. This is significant because it shows readers how Huck is still struggling with finding that a black person could be kind. Although they have created a bond and have learned how to cope with each other, this excerpt shows readers that Huck still struggles to find the morals he truly believes in.

Some time later, Huck and Jim encounter a terrible fog where they loose each other. They continually shout out to one another in hopes of reconnecting, but eventually they both retire. When the fog is cleared, Huck finds Jim asleep and decides to play a trick on him. Jim wakes and immediately begins to cry for joy at the sight of Huck, but Huck convinces Jim that there was never a storm and that Jim dreamt the whole thing. Jim stresses about his vivid dream until he realizes that Huck was lying to him.

Scout learns the ugly truth about how a trial really works in there time period. In particular Atticus states “In our court, when it’s a white man 's word against a black men’s the white mens always wins. ”(251-252). This shows that Scout is exposed to more of how racism is ugly and unfair and Atticus makes it clear to Jem and Scout that racism exists. Scout handled the results of the trail calmer than jem (304).

In Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege”, she talks about how white privilege is “like an invisible weightless knapsack of special provisions, maps, passports, codebooks, visas, clothes, tools and blank checks” (1). What she meant by this, was that light-skinned/white people are at an automatic advantage over dark-skinned people, whom in turn, become the disadvantaged. She claims that being white protected her from danger and violence and freed her to do many things that she realized other people of color could not. She believes she can get away with doing more things and that more doors are open to her especially due to the color of her skin. When relating this to the movie, “The Hangover”, it is easy to point out these concepts of white privilege.

In this case, this puts her in advantage over Tom. Nevertheless, Tom feels empathy for her which made the spectators mad. He was African American and he wasn’t supposed to feel bad for her for she was white. This being said, she had an advantage in class.

She was influential with her efforts and perseverance to reach freedom. Ellen Craft was pale and had fair skin. With this, she was able to pretend that she was a white male who was a wealthy landowner. Craft was violating several laws by doing this and could have been punished very severely, but she was willing to do anything to reach freedom. Ellen Craft was also able to stay in high-end hotels on her journey to the North because of her disguise.

By this he means that even if people are being discriminated, treated unjustly, unequally or prejudiced, that in due time they would be treated with fairness and equality. “And this was one of the things that kept the people together, the belief that universe is on the side of justice”(2). This gave the protesters courage and hope because they knew that in the long run, they would be treated equally; they would have equal rights as the white people. Some people believe that the universe is not on the side of justice, however that is baseless. The phrase “the universe is on the side of justice” is what we know as karma.

Those who feel the novel encourages racism say that because of the stereotypes used when featuring Jim, how Huck and Tom treated Jim, and how often the N-word is brought up Twain had hoped to encourage racism. However there is still strong evidence that proves why that might be a misunderstanding. If twain was intending to encourage racism then why would he make Him seem so much of a better person than the duke, king, and Huck's father. Also when Twain illustrates the black and white symbolism he portrayed Him as white man and Huck's father, who is a white man, as dark and scary. Then throughout the story as a reader you feel empathy for Jim he begins to become one of the favorite characters in the novel.

They would often get fired from their jobs and be replaced by white people who did not have one. It was a harsh time where blacks and whites did not get along. Shirley however, was able to make the situation better with the help of some of the roles that she did. Much of Shirley’s fame was credited to her status of America’s adorable and unimpeachable child. She was all plump knees and dimples with blonde curly hair.

“It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither.” (Chapter 15, Huck Finn). This is one of many phrases said by either Huck Finn, or the other characters in the classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. For some years now there has been an argument on one word in this quote. People are fighting for the word, nigger, to be removed from Mark Twain’s book.

To “pass on” to “die” or to “reincarnate” is not only a prevalent part of our society, but an important subject that we all must address. When someone dies, most often we journey through and emotional upheaval. Authors use death to show character development in literary works. Diction and Syntax will be examined through two sources. The first source is an excerpt from the book by Mark Twain entitled “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.

This is the climax of the novel, in which many of the underlying themes are made clear. Huck’s morals overcome his fear for punishment, and he is determined to help Jim even if he has to go to hell for it. Furthermore, Jim is a runaway slave, and in the context of the story, helping a runaway slave, albeit one that was sold and has a new owner, would be almost traitorous to Huck’s community. Another revelation is that Huck has transcended the racial constructs of the time, recognizing Jim’s humanity and considering him someone worth rescuing at great personal risk. In this scene, Huck finally breaks the restraints of society, and indeed, his environment, by ignoring all societal and theological constructs and instead choosing what is right by his conscience.

Within chapter twenty-three the two protagonists are continuing their voyage accompanied by con artists, ‘duke’ and ‘dauphin’. Jim and Huck do all the work one example being keeping watch which the two alternate throughout the night. However, Jim relinquishes sleep and keeps a lookout all night as opposed to waking up Huck. This is shown earlier in the passage, “I went to sleep, and Jim didn’t call me when it was my turn. He often did that”