Huck Finn Persuasive Essay

Do you think that if an author used a word a total of 219 times in one book that it would have significance to the story? And more importantly, do you think someone who is not the author has the right to change the author’s words because said word has a negative connotation? In Mark Twain’s book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the “n-word” is used 219 times. Do you think maybe he was trying to get some kind of point across? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has had years of controversy following it. One main point is that teaching it in schools, and whether to censor the “n-word” or to teach it as it is. Mark Twain is famous for his use of satire to make fun of society and its flaws. In conclusion, censoring Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because of certain derogatory language would take an extremely important history lesson away from the people who read the book and it would be unethical to change an author’s work just …show more content…
It is no secret that people can find offense in pretty much everything, but it is definitely not difficult to see how some might find offense in this particular novel. After all, the “n-word” is used a total of 219 times throughout the novel. So, naturally, people are trying to find there way around such derogatory terms. A Twain scholar has found his own, controversial way around it by helping publish a new version of Huck Finn, “edited by Twain scholar ALan Gribben of Auburn University, all 219 occurrences of the so-called N-word will be cut.”(Pitts). Gribben is trying to bring people a version of Huck Finn that cuts out the language that makes it so hard to teach, or to just read. But, some say it’s even more controversial to change an another author’s work. It is now surprise that Huck Finn is a controversial novel, Twain himself was quite