I Vote Yea for the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” It is my own personal belief that the “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” should be included in high school English curriculum’s and libraries with all its coarse and potentially racist language because in a light hearted and sometimes humorous way it gives us an incite on how life was in the past. The language and theme of the story was written in and at a time in history where slavery was legal, acceptable, and expected. It is also the way people talked during that time period. At this point and time in our lives, I feel we all should be able to read a work of literature and not view it as racist but the work of art it was meant to be and to be able to use it as a learning tool for …show more content…
It is my belief that this story teaches us about acceptance, compassion, unconditional caring, friendship, and love no matter the differences between people. There are several places throughout the story where Huck unconditionally tries to protect Jim and keep him free and safe. One place we see Huck’s trying to protect Jim and keep him safe is in chapter 11 after Huck had dressed as a girl and went into town to find out some news and Mrs. Judith Loftus tells him that her husband and a friend were going to the island to look for Jim. And so Huck instead of getting away himself and keeping himself safe and free goes back to the island to get Jim and get away. We see this where after getting back to the island where Jim is Huck says “Git up and hump yourself, Jim! There ain’t a minute to lose. They’re after us!” The is where the story teaches us to put others before ourselves no matter the color or differences between people. This is only one of many places in the story that tries