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Which Version of Huckleberry Finn should be taught The novel The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain should be taught in schools. The old version is a part of history and we should keep it that way. I think that the youth of this generation is pampered and that their parents are overprotective.
Huck is bigger than his journey down the mississippi. A perfect example that Huck changed throughout the journey is when Jim said this about him: "Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on 'y white genlman dat ever kep ' his promise to ole Jim" (87 Twain). Huck is making promises to a black man, and keeping them? This is rare to find during this time period. A white person treating a black person equally was completly agaisnt the ‘rule’ of white America.
Many books have been censored or banned in libraries and schools across the United States because of their suggestive or inappropriate content. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, a sequel to the popular The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is one of the books that are being illuminated as “unfit to read”. It is the story a young boy, Huck, and a black man, Jim, in the 1800s, who ran away and their journey across the Mississippi River. It is a controversial piece in a majority of the classrooms across America. In this book, the N word shows up over two hundred times (Here's Why Banning 'Huck Finn' Over The N-Word Sends The Wrong Message).
American literature has always been a form of entertainment and education. When slaves were introduced as characters in books, they were always negative, stereotypical characters, but not until 1883 when Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a change made. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book about a southern white boy in the 1800’s that runs away with an escaped slave on the Mississippi River. For years, schools have been debating on if the book should be banned in schools or not, and it is already on a variety of banned lists. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be banned in schools because it is an anti-slavery novel that teaches students valuable lessons and informs students of the past culture.
He wanted to make things harder than they were so he could have a cool story to tell later on. Tom wanted to build a moat and poison people. He wanted to do things for himself. He withheld information from Huck when he did not tell him Jim was a free slave. He could of told Huck right when he saw him that Jim was free but he did not.
Huckleberry Finn Needs To Stay In Schools Did you know that Mark Twain’s The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most challenged books in history. In fact, it was banned within the first year of its release. Recently, schools have been banning the book and removing it from the curriculum due to the racial slurs within it and its offensive nature towards students.
Additionally Huck can be seen as being the rebellious kid because once everyone in the house is asleep he hears a faint cat meowing only the sneak out the window and find Tom,” Then i slipped down the window to the ground and crawled in amongst the trees, and sure enough there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me.” (Twain 6) From that moment he decided to leave the home to go with Tom that showed he didn't really care that the two ladies would get mad at
"I believe that Huckleberry Finn is one of the great masterpieces of the world..." a quote from H. L. Mencken. Many people believe Huckleberry Finn should be taught in schools, but then on the other hand many believe it shouldn’t for its vulgar language. A handful of people are offended by this book, they complain and say it’s not appropriate for high school students (Powell, Fight over Huck Finn). When the students have heard more explicit language than what is used in the book. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful tool for education because it shows many life lessons through the characters of Jim the slave, the Duke and the Dauphin, and Miss Watson and Widow Douglas.
Huck does not want his friend, Jim, to be taken by these men, so he lies and tells them that his father is on the raft and that he is sick; hinting that his father has Smallpox, which is not something anyone would want to catch. The men ask what is wrong with his father, and Huck explains, “It’s the–a–the–well, it ain’t anything much”(Twain 107). Huck is pretending to be hiding something to make the men worry. He tells them that every time he would try to find help for his father, the people would leave as fast as they could. He says this so the slave hunters catch on about the supposed Smallpox.
This provides plenty of insight of who Huck is and shows although age may be a bit of a barrier it does not affect his thinking or who he is, it only alters it to his
But when Pap disappears, the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson take Huck in and attempt to civilize him by giving him new, clean clothes, teaching him to read and write, and teaching him manners. Huck’s immaturity is evident in the beginning of the story with accounts of Huck’s shenanigans with Tom. He ruins his fresh clothes, sneaks out at night, gets in fights, joins a “robber gang”, and goes on adventures with his friends. His actions show that his morals aren't present and he could care less about trying to do the right thing and be a good boy for the Widow and Miss Watson.
Ultimately Huck and Tom illustrated how hypocritical and irrational beliefs were in the eighteen
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1884 and for years after it has caused controversy over its use language and the effect this story can have on a younger audience. It is argued that the story portrays the wrong message to kids by frequently using the n-word throughout the book. Because Huckleberry Finn has caused a huge debate about its relevance to students a book company, New South, has decided to change every ‘n-word’, frequently used throughout the story, to ‘slave’,while others argue that it is better to get rid of the book all together aside from even having a censored version. However, allowing the original book in classes will give students the opportunity to view slavery in a completely different way aside from sugar
Tom’s rigid adherence to rules and perceptions contrasted with Huck’s tendency to question authority and think for himself. If they had both been brought up in the same level of society would they still have become friends? Huck’s opinions, distrust and emotional personality were formed due to growing up with a drunk for a father, not being indoctrinated with social values and often being homeless. He has his own sense of logic and fairness which makes him question and really ponder the things that Widow Douglas and society try to teach him, especially when it comes to the ownership of Jim. While because Tom Sawyer was brought up in a comfortable lifestyle and he has formed his ideas and opinions from the adults around him and
The boys share a lot of things in common such as thera sense of adventure. Until the end of the book Huck is seen as a no good rat of the tone a troublemaker that the moms would tell their kids to stay away from. Tom was a troublemaker too but was not treated in the same was as he lived with his aunt. Tom and Huck are about the age, but Huck has no guardians to take care of him so he has to take care of himself better than Tom even though they both did alright on the island.
