Race+Relations-P4

In the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain has a wide variety of topics that involve the use of satire. One topic is the the dealings with race relations. The use of satire involving with race relations is very ironic. It is ironic because Jim, a black man, is possibly one of the smartest people in the novel. But because he is a slave people don't really understand his ability to think. One way people underestimate his logic is the way he talks. Since he is slave he is very illiterate and hard to understand. Jim is often much brighter then Huck in the novel but Huck continued to play with Jim's head. One instance was when Huck put a dead rattlesnake at the foot of Jim's bed and Jim gets bitten. Jim tells Huck that getting bit by a rattlesnake is bad luck and the bad luck continued to haunt the two throughout their whole trip. Another instance involving Huck and Jim is when Huck tried to persuade that Jim was dreaming when they two were separated but Jim figured Huck id lying to him and feels disappointed because Huck would underestimate his ability to know what the difference between real life and a dream.