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Huck Finn Many people think that Huckleberry Finn is a racist novel and they have even gone as far as banning the novel from certain schools. They base this view on the fact that the word “nigger” is used very often and they see the black people being portrayed in a degrading way to show that they are inferior to the white society. Contrary to this idea, Huckleberry Finn is not a racist novel. Mark Twain actually attacks racism by satirizing the lifestyle of the white people and shows that they have no reason at all to think that they are better than the blacks. This satirizing of the white people is effectively seen in the portrayal of the king and the duke. Mark Twain starts to mock the king and the duke as soon as they are first introduced in the novel. Their appearance gives a negative impression right from the start. The king is described as having, “an old battered-up slouch hat on, and a greasy blue woolen shirt,” and he’s wearing, “ragged old blue jeans britches stuffed into his boot tops.”(Pg. 121) The duke is described as much the same. This first impression makes us feel as if these mark, twain, king, duke, people, society, shows, men, show, very, through, money, make, huck, actually, white, order, novel, greed, disgust, because, think, themselves, take, second, scoundrels, says, racist, pretend, pg, out, much, mr, makes, kings