huck finn reader response 1-6

Huck Finn reader response 1: (1-6)
10/10/07

Racism

Paragraph 1:
The quote in the book that deals with my theme is: “I says to people, why aint this n-word put up at auction and sold. (Chapter 6, page20, end of last paragraph.) The quote in my own words is: I say to people why isn’t this African American sold as a slave. (Like they used to be.)

Paragraph 2:
I think that the quote is disrespectful. I think that it was very mean for hucks father to say that but back when the book was written slavery was anew and wasn’t illegal and as offending as it is today. This quote relates to my life because I am living in a community with people of different race and culture but I don’t believe that just because they are of a different culture they should be sold off for slavery. Its just rude.

Paragraph 3:
I think that mark twain thought that the quote was not a big deal. He was just a satire. Racism is a important topic and he tried to make it funny. Now he would probably think it was a stupid thing to write. He probably lived with people of different color and race like I did.