Intellectual Property Law

Why Jim matters

By Siva Vaidhyanathan

NPR: Was Jim of 'Huckleberry Finn' a Hero?:

As part of the NPR series, "In Character," we take a look at the enslaved character, Jim, in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ? one of the most controversial novels in American literature.

Was Jim a stereotype or a hero?

For more on the much-debated portrayal of the classic American character, Farai Chideya talks with Dr. Shelley Fisher Fishkin, director of American studies and professor of English at Stanford University.

Full post as published by SIVACRACY .NET on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).