Narrow-minded readers will misinterpret the meaning of the great American novels. In July 1876, exactly a century after the American Declaration of Independence, Mark Twain began writing his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn is a novel that illustrates the social limitations that people find themselves bound in because they are exposed to society. This novel has sparked generations of controversy regarding the racist aspects it contains. Critics who claim the novel is racist primarily argue that the portrayal of one character, Jim, is designed to be negative. This assumption stems from Twain's profound use of the word "n****." At the time of writing the novel, the use of this word was very common towards slaves and black people. Even though this word is used countless times in the novel, the reason behind Twain's use of this word was not to identify characters with negative traits, but to satirize the users of the word and their knowledge of white superiority along with racism. It satirizes and explores the ignorance of Southern and religious whites. The novel is about a young boy named Huckleberry Finn who, due to his spirit of adventure, curiosity, and fear of his father, runs away from home. Shortly after his escape, Huck meets a runaway slave he knows named Jim. Together, Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi River, avoiding society at all costs. Throughout their adventure, they develop a friendship. Many assumptions are made about how Twain wanted readers to perceive Jim. Additionally, Twain exposes the ignorance and racist views of civilized and "sane" people to create a positive illustration of Jim as well as his influence on Huck. Although the use of the offensive word "n****" is commonly used..... . middle of paper ......n could have avoided using it, except that without its use it would have been difficult for Twain to illustrate Jim as the opposite of the negative person he had been labeled as. Given the structure of Twain's approach, it is not surprising that many critics and readers view the book as racist. Those who do so clearly misunderstand or simply ignore the novel's antipathy toward racism. Again, with Jim's evidence of intelligence and morality, he strives to distance himself from the dark people around him. Overall, Twains focuses on Jim as being a positive, moral, and equal person who brings good influences to Huck and accomplishes his goal of putting racism behind the curtains. For anyone who reads Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn and gets nothing but racism and a negative story from it, has committed the worst crime in the history of American literature..