How To Write A Reflective Essay On Huckleberry Finn

It was the start of my 11th grade year, and my English teacher told me that we were going to be reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I became familiar with the book in 10th grade when my English teacher had our English class answer a few questions about the book. She handed out three different copies of the same passage from when the book was banned and then modified. Each one of these copies changed the “n-word” to “slave” and “robot” in order to make the story more appropriate for the readers. I always questioned the decision to change the n-word to those words, from the start of reading Huck Finn all the way to the end. Throughout my own reading of Huck Finn, I sometimes consciously replaced the n-word with the other options in my mind, causing each modified passage to relay a different message.
Reading Huck Finn in a predominantly Caucasian environment made everyone in my class feel a little uncomfortable at certain times in the …show more content…
This is controversial because Twain indicates that it is ok for a young child to run away, have experiences that are meant for adults, and condones Huck to smoke at a young age. Twain teaches a lesson that when life gets hard and you have a lot of problems, you should run away. This is shown when Huck is dealing with his drunk and abusive father, he makes a decision to run away and leave his paternal problems behind. Huck is also forced to grow up faster than normal kids, and he is put in many situations that are not meant for young child. Huck runs away and needs to fend and feed himself, had to deal with con artists, and witnesses a family feud and a friend being shot in front of him. Twain also chooses a young child to be the protagonist because they are impressionable, and can change and adapt. This is controversial because Huck is a young boy and has too much pressure put on him by