Racism And Slavery In The Adventure Of Huckleberry Finn Novel (1885): Sociological Approach

A novel is a long literary work and contains a series of stories from a person's life with the people around him and highlights the nature and character of the actor. In this study, the writer is interested in studying racism and slavery in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by using a sociological approach. The sociological approach leads to the relationship of literary works with society. This research is descriptive qualitative research, where the data is obtained based on the results of the researcher's documentation of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The purpose of this study is to identify the types of racism and slavery contained in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry. Describe how the reflection of racism is related to the social conditions of society, and describe the social conditions in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The result of this research is that there are three types of racism contained in the novel, namely discrimination, violence and prejudice. As for the type of slavery in the novel, it describes chattel slavery, namely the slave trade carried out by the King and Prince. The reflection in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the existence of racism and slavery that occurred in society as a result of the world war. The social conditions that relate to the novel are the violence, fraud, and racism experienced by Huck and Jim