The book by Mark Twain evolves around a boy, who is easily manipulated by society and reflects his demeanors to his companion of escapades, Jim a runaway slave. Huckleberry Finn talks about Jim throughout the book by referring him as the “n-word”, a word that was used standardly back in the day. Shifting to today's society it can be extremely uncomfortable for many students who are African American because the “n-word” was directly used to speak about them during the civil war and the times of slavery as hate and disgrace towards their race. The book itself has been considered to be replaced with another academic American Literature simply because it can cause riots between peers as the word stings deeply every single time it is said. The word
