huck finn response 1

Nick Krest
Huck Finn Reading Response 1: (1-6)
10-10-07

Racism.

1. “Why ain’t that n♣♦♦☻♠ auction up and sold?” – Pap.
Page 20 last paragraph. Paragraph 3. He basically said to sell the guy.

2.) What I got from this quote was that pap is very racist and does not like black people. I don’t see why I mean they did not ever do anything to him; he just thinks they are different because of their skin which is definitely not true. I think this quote was wrong and no body should think this way anymore because we all know now skin does not make a difference. I personally do not like what he said. I know he was drunk but still it was very racist. Even though the pap was drunk he should not have said that because the black guy was smarter then him and was free and had just as much of a right to vote as him. The relation ship from this and my life is different because pap does not like black people. But as for me I have a lot of black friends.

3.) I do not think Mark Twain likes pap because he makes pap the worst character in the book. I think he would not like that quote very much all though I do not think it would offend him at all. This probably relates to his life because of his trip down the Mississippi river because he probably heard a lot of racist sayings and words and maybe even some slavery going on more down south and even in the central maybe little northern parts.