as the lady continue: "Well, it's lucky, because sometimes people do get hurt."But what is the book really about? It's about nothing less than striving for and attaining freedom. It's about a slave who breaks the law and risks his life to win his freedom and be reunited with his family, and a white boy who befriends him and helps him in escape. As a result of his upbringing, the boy starts out believing that slavery is part of the natural order. However, as the story unfolds he wrestles with his conscience, and when the crucial moment arises, he decides he will be damned to the flames of hell rather than betray his black friend. Moreover, Jim, as Twain presents him, is hardly a caricature. Rather, he is the moral center of the book, a man of courage and nobility, who risks his freedom - and his life - for the sake of his friend, Huck.These claims that Huckelberry Finn is a racist novel are not simply attempts to damage the image of a great novel. They come from people who are hurt by racism and do not like seeing it in any context. However, they must realize that this novel and its author are not racially prejudiced at all. Rather, "Huckelberry Finn" is an unbiased literary classic that has become one of the most well read American titles of all time....
