Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remains one of America’s most controversial novels. It is simultaneously on many banned books list while also celebrated as the quintessential American novel. Huckleberry Finn was written to be a satire of 1800s society and also contained an anti-racist message. Jim is, in fact, the most honorable and noble character in the story, something dismissed by critics in complaints of language. For its time, however, portraying an African-American in such a positive light was a breakthrough. Often times, intent and meaning is muddled when given a different context. Because although the story was written after the abolishment of slavery, it was during slavery. Therefore, many of Jim’s passive actions