Throughout the American literary classic, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," the reader is introduced to a lot of different characters and themes. Like in any great work of literature, not everything is as it seems; characters hold more depth and so on. Twain uses Huck Finn to shed light on major issues going on in antebellum society. Views on slavery and the treatment of the African people is commented on in subtle and not so subtle ways and an in depth look at America in this time is shown through one of the characters. Mark Twain wrote Huck Finn as a satire to show how awful the people in the south treat black people and how people all over perceive the average slave, Jim and Pap are two prime examples of that. Huck Finn himself is used to represent America before the Civil War through his actions and growth as a character. Twain uses the character Pap Finn as a way to show how he views all southerners. “When they told [him] there was a state in this country where they’d let [a] nigger vote, [he] drew out,” and claimed he’d never vote again because it was morally wrong [Twa81]. Also Pap rants long and hard about the government and how they are messing up, while also admitting he’s a racist drunk who is going to do nothing to change it. Even today it’s obvious to see the many, many stereotypes used in the creation of this character. This is Twain’s subtle way of saying he thinks the south is/can be a bunch of racist a-holes. It also gives the reader somewhat of a look as to how bad of an issue racism really was. Jim is another stereotypical character literally representing the average slave in the time period. He’s got it all, illiterate, not too bright, the obvious skin tone needed to be classified as a slave in the first place, and loyalty. Albeit Jim’s characteristics are a little exaggerated along with Pap’s but this was meant so the reader can clearly see what’s going on. Twain made Jim this way