What would happen if every book on the school’s reading list were to be censored? What if every taboo or politically incorrect topic were to be “edited and updated for political correctness” (Source I) or “blacklisted” and removed from the bill simply because someone’s feelings were hurt when reading or because the subject matter was deemed “too mature” for the audience? If that were the case then most of these classics would reduce to a page full of “and’s”, “the’s”, and “to’s”. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is no different; therefore, the fact that so many people single out and demand that it be removed from the reading list is frankly ridiculous.
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The word “nigger” surfaced around the 1600’s back when slavery first began. Slavery was most popular in the southern states, therefore “Southwestern dialect” is bound to contain that word. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a piece rich in history. One would not expect it, but English and history go hand and hand with each other. One topic will be covered in history class, then the next day in English class a new novel will be started that just so happens to take place in the exact time period that was just studied in history. This is the exact case for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Eleventh grade U.S. History delves into the history of nineteenth century Antebellum America, a time when slavery was wildly popular in the southern states. Twain’s novel addresses important issues like slavery and racism and by keeping the book on the reading list, it allows students to discuss these issues and learn more about them. Not only is it a way to learn more about these problems, but because they come in the form of a story, it makes it that much more interesting a topic to learn about. Twain chose to write The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the “limited first-person point of view of a fourteen-year-old boy” (Source J). The point of view may seem rather limited at first, but the further along you get in the novel, it becomes quite evident that Twain tactically wrote it this way, and that the point of view is “limited” for a reason. Huck narrating the story gives the reader direct insight into the life of a child living in this specific time period. Twain is trying to show the reader how these children were raised into a certain standard, how they copy how their superiors act and "their attitudes towards specific topics. Huck uses the word
Every novel on the school’s reading list contains some topic that is at …show more content…
The word “nigger” surfaced around the 1600’s back when slavery first began. Slavery was most popular in the southern states, therefore “Southwestern dialect” is bound to contain that word. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a piece rich in history. One would not expect it, but English and history go hand and hand with each other. One topic will be covered in history class, then the next day in English class a new novel will be started that just so happens to take place in the exact time period that was just studied in history. This is the exact case for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Eleventh grade U.S. History delves into the history of nineteenth century Antebellum America, a time when slavery was wildly popular in the southern states. Twain’s novel addresses important issues like slavery and racism and by keeping the book on the reading list, it allows students to discuss these issues and learn more about them. Not only is it a way to learn more about these problems, but because they come in the form of a story, it makes it that much more interesting a topic to learn about. Twain chose to write The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the “limited first-person point of view of a fourteen-year-old boy” (Source J). The point of view may seem rather limited at first, but the further along you get in the novel, it becomes quite evident that Twain tactically wrote it this way, and that the point of view is “limited” for a reason. Huck narrating the story gives the reader direct insight into the life of a child living in this specific time period. Twain is trying to show the reader how these children were raised into a certain standard, how they copy how their superiors act and "their attitudes towards specific topics. Huck uses the word