Chapter 32
Aunt Sally's notorious exchange: 'Anybody hurt?' 'No'm. Killed a nigger.' 'Well, it's lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt.' - Twain's bitter irony about Southern dehumanization.
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From Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
The novel's treatment of race, including its repeated use of racial slurs and its complex portrayal of Jim, remains the most debated aspect of the book.
Chapter 23
Jim mourns striking his deaf daughter Lizabeth - one of the novel's most powerful affirmations of black humanity and family love.
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