It has become undeniable that, in America today, racial discrimination is still at large, which in turn has given birth to the Black Lives Matter movement. The 19th century novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, however, shows that racism today it not what it used to be. Although both Black Lives Matter (BLM) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn illustrate the presence of discrimination at different times in American history, the oppositional forces being protested by BLM are vastly different from those seen in Huckleberry Finn. In his novel, Mark Twain observes the immorality of racial discrimination in 19th century America. This observation can be seen in examples such as when Huck and Jim get into an argument and Huck chalks Jim’s nonsense reasoning up to the fact that he is black. An ongoing pattern seen throughout the story how the …show more content…
The King and the Duke trying to pose as a dead man’s brothers to scam a the man’s family and town. Meanwhile Jim acts selflessly when he lets himself get caught in order to help the doctor stitch Tom. In writing this, Twain is encouraging his audience to see the illogic and immorality of deliberately discriminating against someone based on their skin color. In short, Twain used his novel as a way of combating the racial discrimination that existed in his time. Since 2013, BLM has been urging the rest of America to recognize that racism is not a thing of the past. According to the campaign’s website, “every 28 hours a black man, women, or child is murdered by police.” Other organizations have also