Should Huckleberry Finn Be Banned In CHS?

Should Huckleberry Finn be banned in CHS?

Books inspire, entertain and teaches a lesson to the reader. Some books, however, have negative influence or offensive terms that are used against a race or religion. For example the book The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn is about a white boy named Huck who fakes his death to escape his violent father and then goes down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. This book has been debated on whether it should be banned or not because of its overuse N-word. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn should not be banned from Coldwater High School because it gives an accurate portrayal of the period even though it is fictional but still true to the era and it teaches young students and adults that African Americans

Mark Twain wrote this novel to how people back then use to refer to African Americans as the N-word and selling them like property for the money, not as a person who actually has a soul. "Well, I RECKON! There's two hunderd dollars reward on him. It's like picking up money out'n the road.” This quote is directly from the passage where huck meets a boy and asks him if he saw an African American anywhere, which he responded with a yes. This boy does not see Jim as a person but sees him as a big pile of money. Another reason how this noval teaches us about the past is that in the South in 1885 a lot of people assumed that whenever they found a black man alone he was a runaway slave. Quote from passage: “That’s so, my boy—good-bye, good-bye. If you see any runaway niggers you get help and nab them, and you can make some money by it. Good-bye, sir,” says I; “I won’t let no runaway niggers get by me if I can help it.” In this quote men are looking for runaway slaves and asked Huck if the person he had was black or white. This tells the reader that if any individual back then finds a black person anywhere that means he has runaway from his owner and if they turn him in they would get money for it. The book Huckleberry Finn describes the circumstances of the south during 1885 with slaves being sold and how they use to be

Throughout the novel, Huck faces the dilemma of whether or not to turn Jim in. Huck starts to see that even though Jim is a slave he is a person who has feelings just the way he does. Quote from passage: “He was thinking about his wife and children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn’t ever been away from home before in his life; and I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks did for theirs.” In this quote Huck believes that even though Jim is an African American he still is a person that cares about his family and children that he left behind just like any other person would worry about. Another reason how this noval teaches students and adults that African American are no different then any person is yet even though Huck is white, Jim cares about him just like a father would do. Quote from passage; “ It's a dead man. Yes indeedy; naked too. He's been shot in de back. I reckon he's been dead two or three days. Come in Huck but don’t look at his face, it's too gashly”. Jim already knew the dead man was Huck's violent father and for that reason he did not tell Huck for his safety. He wanted to protect Huck by not letting him see his father dead like any caring person would do to his beloved ones. Huck becomes to know Jim and befriends him by realizing