TheFriendshipUndertheRacisminTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnContentIntroductionChapter2Chapter3ConclusionBibliographyChapter1IntroductionMarkTwain:SamuelLanghorneClemens(1835--1910)Literatureisanartoflanguage.MarkTwain’slanguageisartisticandlikeasharpweaponwithoutdoubt.MarkTwainisfamousforhishumorandsatire.Heisoneofthegreatestwritersinworldliterature.InnocentsAbroad(1869)TheGildedAge(1873)TheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)AMillion-PoundNote(1893)TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1884)TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnErnestHemingway:AllmodernAmericanliteraturecomesfromonebookbyMarkTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn....Therewasnothingbefore.Therehasbeennothingasgoodsince.HuckleberryFinnAdaptedchildSmartLovethenaturePursuitfreedomKindheartedBraveryDevotedtofriendStrong-mindedJimSlaveofMissWatsonBrave,daretoescapetheslaveryFaithfultoHuckWarmheartedtofriendProtectiveMakegreathelptothegrowthofHuckChapter1TheOldMoralityinAmericaMarkTwainputthestoryjustbeforetheCivilwar.Atthattime,thesouthernerstookslaveryforgrantedanddidnotfeelguiltyforthat.FinnandJim:TheWhite–and–BlackRelationshipIescapeformycruelfatherandthe“civilized”society!Iescapeforfreedom!ForHuck,Jimwasnothiscompanion,butmoreimportantly,hebecamehisintimatefriend.ForJim,HecaresHucklikeamotherandguideshimlikeafather.Eventhoughtheywereclose,theycamefromtwocompletelyoppositeraces,withJimbeingablack.TohelpJimornotwastheproblemhauntingHuckthroughoutthewholeJourneyforhissoundheartconflictedwiththecontemporarysocialmorals.Chapter2TheProgressofTheirFriendshipTheBeginningofTheirFriendshipTheEmotionalConflictsofHuckandJimTheDecisionofTheirFriendshipHowawhiteandablackcouldbefriends?HuckisawhiteboywhileJimablackslave.Atfirstbeginning,HuckishesitatewhetherheshouldhelpJimescape.Hiseducationandtraditionalconceptioninmindtellshimthatitisillegaltohelpaslaverunaway.Thatisalie!ConflictsofHuckandJimTheemotionalconflictConflictofracialproblemHuckJimSocialyokeSlaveryTheymadethegreatestfriendshipgetridofChapter3TheSteadyFriendshipBetweenHuckandJimLoveEqualityLoveLoveistheobjectiveofexistence.Humansexistbeforetheiressence.ItislovethaturgesHucktoconvincehimselfnototellthesecretthatJimisarunawayslave.ItislovethattiesHucktoJimatallthedangerousmomentsintheadventuresontheriver.AnditislovethatencouragesHucktorunrisktosaveJimoutofthehutwhereJimlosthisfreedomagain.Attheendofthenovel,Huckgetstoknowtheimportanceofloveandresponsibility.EqualityAlongtheirwaydowntheriver,HuckbeginstounderstandandrecognizeJimasanequalhumanbeing,andacceptJimasafaithfulcompanion.JimdoeshisbesttolookafterHuck,likeafather,atruefriend,heneverblamesHuckevenheisingreatperilouscondition.Intheendofthestory,theyawarethatallhumanbeingsareequalaslongasthenatureispureandkind.HuckandJimbecomesfaithfulfriend.ConclusionThroughthepreviousanalysis,thethesisdrawsaconclusionthatloveandequalityhelpwhiteboyHuckandblackslaveJimbrokethroughracialproblem,andmakethegreatestfriendship.Bibliography