the code of honor

The Code of Honor Both Othello and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn deal with the issue of race, especially the notion of race as a ¡°social construct¡±. Othello is ¡°being taken by the insolent foe and sold to slavery¡± (Shakespeare 1.3.136-137); Jim is a runaway nigger. Both of them have ever been a slaver respectively, but their stories are totally different: one becomes a general; one becomes a free man at the end. What does …

…Othello and The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, we realize the same critical point in these two great works: honor determines social construct, although we might argue that the other factors, like the races, the characters, the traditions and so on, also affect the social value. In fact, these factors have relations to honor, or are by-products of honor. Shakespeare. Othello. Signet classic. New York: Penguin, 1998 Mark Twain. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Oxford, 1999