The Identity of Jim in lThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finnr from the Postcolonial Perspective

Abstract

Abstract-The post-colonial theory opposes the essentialism of the nation and identity. It advocates the concept of "hybridity" and uses it as a strategy to resist the discourse of colonialism. This article, through a textual analysis of the identification problem of slave Jim in Mark Twain's " The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", points out that although Jim's identity is forced on himself by social system (slavery) and cultural tradition (racism),Jim in a difficult situation , like the post-colonial theory imagined, actively use the hybrid strategy to strike back racist system. The pursuit of identity is not only a sarcasm and complaint against the racial system, but also shows people's identity confusion in modern society.