re Huck completely changes his attitudes towards blacks comes when he is faced with the dilemma of turning Jim in. Huck fights with his conscience and also remembers the things that Jim has done for him. "I'd see him standing my watch on top of his'n, stead of calling me, so I could go on sleeping; and see him how glad he was when I come back out of the fog; and when I come to him again in the swamp, up there where the feud was; and such likes the times: and would always call me honey, and pet me and do everything he could think of for me, and how good he always was..." (Twain) These two key scenes are among many that illustrate the idea that Blacks can be as caring and emotional as Whites - one of the main lessons of the book. The second main lesson that the book teaches is that the world is full of hypocrites. Huck realizes that through his experiences with Jim that Blacks are not the type of horrible, unworthy, piece of property that they are made out to be. People like Miss Watson tell Huck that blacks were nothing but property and should be treated as such. Huck now knowing that this is not the case sees that people, like Miss Watson, made up these laws to suit themselves. Huck also sees that Miss Watson would often make up a rule for him to follow but not live by it herself. "And she took snuff too; of course that was alright, because she done it herself." (Twain) Huck began to notice that not everything Miss Watson told him was true. With this, Huck not only sees Jim in a new light, but he begins to see that the people who supposedly know everything, didn't really know anything. I believe that the whole book is a masterpiece of irony. With this second main lesson, the book defends itself against being banned. People who would ban "Huckleberry Finn" simply for the surface racial content are no better than the character of Miss Watson. The idea of banning a book and not teaching it to others is selfish in itself. Those who are seek...
