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He's not called that in the book. People constantly say he is, with an air of authority, but go read it yourself. Go do a search on the Project Gutenberg text.
by Chinjut 3y ago
He's not called that in the book. People constantly say he is, with an air of authority, but go read it yourself. Go do a search on the Project Gutenberg text. He's just called Jim. Not once is there any instance in the book where anyone takes his name to be anything other than Jim. I don't know where this popular misconception was invented. Yes, the racial term is said in the book, but not as part of his name.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoThis is bait.
- digging 3y agoIt's really disturbing to see people parroting this mistake, let alone calling your comment called "bait". His name is Jim.
- lapetitejort 3y agoI checked here [0] and you are correct. There is one match for "n-- Jim", however the n-word is used as an adjective, not as part of a proper noun, similar to "your coworker Bob". Searching for just the n-word brings up over 200 usages, however. [0]: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32325/32325-h/32325-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/32325/32325-h/32325-h.htm