This section of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn explores the nature of race and humanity. When Tom is shot by farmers, Tom kindly mentions that he be brought to a doctor, proving to Tom and Huck that Jim has a sense of selflessness, contrary to popular opinions.
"I knowed he was white inside, and I reckoned he'd say what he did say- so it was all right, now, and I told Tom I was agoing for a doctor" (Twain 284).This passage may indicate that there is humanity in everyone, even the lowly slave.
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