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With the lessons taught in the classic book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,”it wouldseem strange that the book isn’ttaught in homes and schools today.However, the book contains much violence and profanity, and this of courseplaysa role in the possibility of it being invalidin a schools teaching system. Yet still the information contained in the book could play an important part in the lives of some of the childrenof which it is taught to. There is quite a bit of violence in the book,not to mention much profanity thrown in throughout. With this in mind, schoolsand households would quickly be discouragedand would turn down the opportunity of teaching it to their children. But due tohuman nature, people tend to focus on the bad aspects …show more content…
This goes to show how there are still people who care about teaching the past to their children. As stated before, there aren’tas many people as there should be supporting the book. But this newly stated fact shows thatthere are people who do still show their love for the book to their children. With this informationaside, hopefully readers can spread the good in the book, rather than pointing out the bad todiscourage those who want to give the book a chance.Now that you know what Huckleberry Finn has in store for you, what are your opinions on it. Hopefully one can gather enough motivation to at least try the book,and then perhaps tell theirsiblings or childrenabout their favorite moments. Yet still, it is understandable why one wouldn’twant to do so. With the vile and crude languagecontainedin the book,one shouldn’tbe surprised if another is to shame the book. Regardless of this statement, it is still unethical to put down a piece of literature,without fully understanding it,and then to criticizeit.So,give The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a chance, and spreadword of its impressive writingto the small and big people of the worldand countrylike a

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