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I would also like to add that I think it would have been wonderful to have a more ‘realistic’ representation of a ‘regular’ slave. It’s making me feel like we have to award black people with extraordinary abilities in order to be able to empathize. When reading the original Twain I was so amazed by Jim’s character without having to make him a genius. A slave that does not know Locke can still have wisdom.
— Jan 20, 2026 01:26PM
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Im honestly a little disappointed by the fact that Jim (James) in this iteration is highly educated. While it is true that it was possible for a slave owned by a wealthy household to teach himself how to read, to me it’s inconceivable that he or any other character in this book would ask themselves if the comment a racist made was a proleptic or dramatic irony.
— Jan 20, 2026 01:20PM
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