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Why Huckleberry Finn Should Be Banned

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is one of America’s classics that takes you through the journey of the protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, and his friend and former slave, Jim, down the Mississippi River before the Civil War. Although this classic book contains all the requirements for a great adventure book that always keep you at the edge of your chair, many American schools decide not to teach or even ban the book in its entirety due to one word: the n-word. The n-word was formally used as a derogatory term towards African-American slaves, but in today’s society, the term is used by the descendants of these slaves as a way to call a friend. Throughout the novel, Twain uses the word 219 times, which has caused great controversy
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