ahfstoryevent

Story event
In the novel, Twain criticizes discrimination through the views of the whites towards Jim. Jim is characterized as a black man that is travelling through Southern territory to escape slavery. Towards the end of the novel Jim was treated as a toy when Huck and Tom were ordering him to do simple, yet troublesome tasks. Tom and Huck thought that it was humerous that Jim was doing all these random tasks, while they sit and watch. Jim finds these tasks to be troublesome and asks why he is doing them, but Tom just tells him that his ideas are paths to greatness.

Twain displays discrimination as a social factor during the time period. He shows how it shaped the society and how it formed the lives of many that lived in that society. Discrimination also shaped the time period. For example, when we looked back at this specific time period, one of the first things that come to mind is slavery and discrimination. Through his novel, Twain demonstrated how discrimination played a large role in the lives of many during the time period.