Roughing It:Literary Image of American Racism in 19~(th) Century

This paper explores American racism in 19th century by analyzing ethnic narrative ethics of novel,and Mark Twain's ethics on Native American Indians and Chinese,pointing out Native American Indians and Chinese experienced extremely racial discrimination in 19th century. Mark Twain has deeply embedded racist ideas on Native American Indians. Though he shows the sympathy and admiration for the Chinese,he creates negative images of Chinese from his own racial superiority perspective.