In less than two years the twentieth century will come to an amazing finale. Racism, prejudiced feelings and hate almost no longer exist. These changes can be attributed to the education people now have by reading such novels as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain addresses these issues of racism, slavery and education in a humorous, almost childish way, yet the effective themes are clearly visible. Twain utilizes Huck Finn and Jim as the ideal characters because they are the ones at the end of the novel who realize slavery is wrong. Mark Twain establishes the ideals by portraying them through the protagonists and criticizes the failure to live up to the