Griffin Imelio
Professor Logan
English 102 10
21 April 2017
Fight or Flight
Everyone will experience challenge in their life. Whether it be at a young age or during adulthood, it is guaranteed to happen at least once. Society itself will also experience challenge, frequently more than a single person does. The way society responds to certain challenges shapes the way we are as a culture. As in every dispute there will always be controversial sides to each argument regarding the provocation, but at the end of the day people need to focus on the over arching power and meaning of the challenge and what it can or can’t to for the betterness of the society. We can not keep running from things in life just because they are a challenge and are …show more content…
He saw the raw truth that was involved in our nation's society, that at that time, was in its prime. He experienced things in his life that modeled the way he wrote Huckleberry Finn. “When he [Twain] wrote fiction, he was impelled to write about the society in which his boyhood had been spent, and to write it out of the phantasies, the ecstasy, and the apprehension which he remembered from his boyhood.” (Kaul, A. N.) Slavery was also just a small aspect of Twain's life, however it had such an impact on him that he wanted to find a way to show the world how society was. “Huckleberry Finn represents the final secularization of the society-community theme” (Kaul, A. N.) . Twain himself even walked away from the book while in the middle of writing it because it was such crude topic to write about. But if he had not, we would not have the literature we have today. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn marks in so many ways a turning point in the history of American fiction.”(Kaul, A. N.) Mark Twain did what other authors of his time and even authors of today were scared to do. He wrote about truth and growth and what it's like growing up in some …show more content…
Which is where the controversies of this book begin. As this quotes says, “those who want it removed from the school library include blacks, who think it's racist; women, who think it's sexist; and a parents' group, who think it's immoral.” (Galda, Lee.) All of those individuals have every right to their own opinion about the book however Mark Twain, as of December 15, 1791, also has every right to write about what he wants to write about. The author was in no way intending to single out any group of people but he knew that the book would start trouble. The book's use of the word “nigger” being used over fifty times throughout the work is the main dispute. But as stated before Twain did this as a way to open up the literature world. He himself was not even a fan of the book but he knew something had to be done about american literature at the time and someone had to do it. And it did exactly that. It becomes a very ironic situation because many of the schools who get rid of the book or “ban” or “censor” it are not allowed to call it such things! By censoring a piece of american history is lying to american people and american children about our nation's history. Unfortunately, racial tension will always be apart of our society and we are better off teaching youths about it at a young age. If we keep our
Professor Logan
English 102 10
21 April 2017
Fight or Flight
Everyone will experience challenge in their life. Whether it be at a young age or during adulthood, it is guaranteed to happen at least once. Society itself will also experience challenge, frequently more than a single person does. The way society responds to certain challenges shapes the way we are as a culture. As in every dispute there will always be controversial sides to each argument regarding the provocation, but at the end of the day people need to focus on the over arching power and meaning of the challenge and what it can or can’t to for the betterness of the society. We can not keep running from things in life just because they are a challenge and are …show more content…
He saw the raw truth that was involved in our nation's society, that at that time, was in its prime. He experienced things in his life that modeled the way he wrote Huckleberry Finn. “When he [Twain] wrote fiction, he was impelled to write about the society in which his boyhood had been spent, and to write it out of the phantasies, the ecstasy, and the apprehension which he remembered from his boyhood.” (Kaul, A. N.) Slavery was also just a small aspect of Twain's life, however it had such an impact on him that he wanted to find a way to show the world how society was. “Huckleberry Finn represents the final secularization of the society-community theme” (Kaul, A. N.) . Twain himself even walked away from the book while in the middle of writing it because it was such crude topic to write about. But if he had not, we would not have the literature we have today. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn marks in so many ways a turning point in the history of American fiction.”(Kaul, A. N.) Mark Twain did what other authors of his time and even authors of today were scared to do. He wrote about truth and growth and what it's like growing up in some …show more content…
Which is where the controversies of this book begin. As this quotes says, “those who want it removed from the school library include blacks, who think it's racist; women, who think it's sexist; and a parents' group, who think it's immoral.” (Galda, Lee.) All of those individuals have every right to their own opinion about the book however Mark Twain, as of December 15, 1791, also has every right to write about what he wants to write about. The author was in no way intending to single out any group of people but he knew that the book would start trouble. The book's use of the word “nigger” being used over fifty times throughout the work is the main dispute. But as stated before Twain did this as a way to open up the literature world. He himself was not even a fan of the book but he knew something had to be done about american literature at the time and someone had to do it. And it did exactly that. It becomes a very ironic situation because many of the schools who get rid of the book or “ban” or “censor” it are not allowed to call it such things! By censoring a piece of american history is lying to american people and american children about our nation's history. Unfortunately, racial tension will always be apart of our society and we are better off teaching youths about it at a young age. If we keep our