The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic book, and in my eyes classics like this never die unless the people of newer and/or future generations who read it read it or consider reading it write it off. There are books that in this day and age are illegal to buy because people say things like “it is racist against the African American community”, and in a few instances that is correct, but there are a few things that those people fail to consider. People fail to consider that books like this one are written about a time where the black community was seen as nothing more than creatures with a darker skin tone that they sell as slaves (and I say “creatures” not to be/sound racist but because at the time they weren’t seen as people. Unfortunately, they were seen as slaves and nothing more), and the people of today’s society think that there will be little to no racism or racist comments. The people also fail to see that the book wasn’t …show more content…
Unless either people of today’s society change majorly, which is highly unlikely and/or near impossible, or the book is edited and reborn. If the old version of the book dies without evolving first people will forget what happened and government is given the chance to remove the sections of textbooks that discuss the period this book was based on; as a way to try to make the U.S.A. look like it is/was far better than it actually is/was. Things like this have already happened. Little to no textbooks used in schools today tell about many of our country’s mistakes, such as: the U.S. locking up thousands to millions people that looked Asian with little to eat or drink during World War 2. If something like that happens what will remind us to avoid making these mistakes again? At least if it were edited and reborn some of the harsh language and racism is removed, but still reminds us of past