The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn There is a major discussion about whether Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a racist novel or not and whether it should be taught in schools. A large number of people found this book demeaning to some races and thought that Twain used racist words vaguely in this book. It was also thought that the book should be banned from school reading lists due to the racial context. While others found The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a great book that reveals the true racism that occurred during the pre-Civil War era. This novel is about a troubled young man named Huckleberry Finn who runs away from his alcoholic and abusive father with a black slave named Jim who runs away from his owner Miss Watson. Huck and Jim create this unlikely friendship on their path to a better life full of freedom. This Huckleberry Finn novel should continue to be taught in schools because it shows realism, satire, and a friendship between Huck and Jim. One of the reasons Huckleberry Finn is not a racist novel is because Twain uses a great deal of realism throughout the book. An example of realism that Twain uses is that slavery and racism are constantly talked about throughout the story. It steadily grew during that time when slavery and racism were very popular. In the story Miss Watson shows an example of realism when she sells her slave Jim to Orleans. “I heard the old lady tell everyone she was going to sell me to Orleans but she didn't want to, but she could get eight hundred dollars for me, and that's a lot of money she couldn't 'resist'” (Twain 43). The quotes show realism because during Huckleberry Finn's time setting it was common for... half of the paper... his feelings, but over the course of the book Huck changes. He cares about Jim, his feelings, what he wants, he also protects Jim. If Huck Finn was a racist book Huck and Jim wouldn't have the friendship they have in the story. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain should still be taught in schools because it is not a racist book and it is important to teach in schools because it teaches students the reality of what happened before the Civil War. Another reason why it should still be taught in school is because if it wasn't taught in school students wouldn't read about the amazing friendship between Huck and Jim. Everything in the book is not racist because of the realism it presents through the story, the satire that Twain uses to make fun of society, religion and racism and last but not the unlikelihood of the friendship between Huck and Jim..