Mark Twain is a well-known novelist; his novels contained a wide range of written expression ranging from humor, comprehensive details, and likeable characters. Several of Twain's written literature are considered classics, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain's famous novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has been and continues to be a highly controversial subject due to its graphic descriptions of racism. Although the "n" word was commonly used to describe African Americans in the 1880s, it is currently considered highly offensive. Many critics believe that this book is racist because Twain overtly states the "n" word throughout the novel, but this is only one form of racism found in the world. In the 1880s, people viewed African Americans only as property and not as humans. “No! That old fool sold it,” “Sold it? I said and started to cry” (Baym and Levine). Huck and the man continue the conversation, long after a while , the man says that a farmer named Silas Ph— got hold of Jim went on a journey to get to his destination, which was the Phelps farm, where Tom, Aunt Sally currently lives. meets the Phelps farm, he is nervous, he is now playing the role of Tom and continues his conversation with Aunt Sally about what took so long and how he doesn't know the direction of the river. - it didn't hold us back, but a little. We blew a bolt. "Did anyone get hurt?" , said Huck, "Well, that's lucky; because sometimes people get hurt" (Baym and Levine) This is where it showed that Aunt Sally was also a racist. to Jim as in "it" instead of the human he was. She would have considered white people to be the ones who would be hurt, because she too was a white woman. I have only given a few examples of racism written in this book. Twain's novel has shown and continues to be a controversial subject due to the racism depicted in this book; because we encountered some people who showed racism. From Tom and Huck to Pap and Aunt Sally. It is clear to say that these characters were the main ones to show us that they were not at all concerned about the way African Americans were.