Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Using Perspective Taking to Reimagine Jim in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. |
| Authors: |
Filetti, Jean S.1 filetti@cnu.edu |
| Source: |
Virginia English Journal. Spring2026, Vol. 74 Issue 1, preceding p1-9. 11p. |
| Subject Terms: |
*Perspective taking, *Censorship, *Learning, Slavery, Thematic analysis, Enslaved persons, Stereotypes, Fiction |
| Reviews & Products: |
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The (Book : Twain) |
| Abstract: |
Critics and classroom teachers frequently read Jim in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a stock character, the comic stereotype of the superstitious and loyal slave. However, using perspective-taking strategies, such as asking open-ended questions and using paired texts to invite students to interrogate Jim's ruses and his assumption of a mask of servility, can be used to challenge reductive readings of Jim that have led to censorship of the novel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Education Research Complete |
