The Ending and the Racism in Huckleberry Finn

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Huckleberry Finn was a book filled with racism, dishonesty, and trickery. Near the end of the book Tom plays a cruel trick on Jim and Huck. Tom makes a new plan for Jim's escape. He says that they should write anonymous letters to warn people that something is going to happen. At first, nobody agrees with his plan but he somehow convinces Huck to do it. Tom then makes Huck dress up like a girl …

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…away. This is excellent because this is how it is and this is how it should've been back in those days also. Everyone can trust people of any race including African-Americans. <Tab/>Summing up this novel, there are things that show racism but it is overall an anti-slavery book. It also has many forms of trickery but the trickery is not always pointed towards the African-Americans, and neither is the dishonesty.