In 1885 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned in Concord, Massachusetts. Many can argue as too why the book should be banned. The novel consists of profanity, violence, and mature content. In reading the novel I realized that the different attributes of the book outweighs the reasons that it should be. I believe that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shouldn’t be banned due to its mature contrast and the historical time setting which is extremely educational.
Many times throughout the book Huck acts his age. By that, I am referring to him endangering Jim multiple times. With constant reoccurrence of Huck’s immaturity may influence the reader that with being immature there aren’t any consequences. The purpose for Twain showing Huck’s …show more content…
One of the ugly truths is violence. There is an abundance of violence but the most descriptive act of violence in the novel is the shooting that Huck witnesses in chapter twenty-one. It describes what happens after Sherburn fired the first shot at Boggs as he, “staggers back, clawing at the air—bang! Goes the second one, and he tumbles backwards onto the ground, heavy and solid, with his arms spread out.” (143) This in itself is a vivid scene that might be too gruesome, and then to follow with Bogg’s daughter who “screamed out and comes rushing, and down she throws herself on her father, crying” (143), one can argue that it might be too much for a younger readers. But with this scene it comes the speech that Colonel Sherburn gives to the lynch mob telling them that they and most people are cowards, and that they wouldn’t stand up to him alone because the courage they have to stand up to him is “borrowed from their masses” (147). The book shouldn’t be banned due to one of the important lessons it teaches to young readers for that if they truly believe something is wrong they cannot rely on someone else to give them courage in order to stand up for what is right, they must find it within …show more content…
This is a historical time period for the United States because it’s the time period leading up to the Civil War. Mark Twain lived through these harsh times where black and white men weren’t seen as equal. Twain experienced the culture of this time setting and helped readers to envision it through his writings. In chapter sixteen of the novel, Huck and Jim are going down the river in their raft while two men ask to search the raft. Huck, in fear of Jim getting captured, lies to the men saying he has family with smallpox inside the tent on the raft. He then feels bad for lying for he knows that Jim’s slave and that it is wrong to help a slave escape. With this it shows that even in Huck’s friendship with Jim, due to society, he sees Jim as a possession in the sense that Jim used to be owned by Mrs. Watson. The novel should not be banned do to the historical insight it gives in the point of view as a white boy in a black and white
Many times throughout the book Huck acts his age. By that, I am referring to him endangering Jim multiple times. With constant reoccurrence of Huck’s immaturity may influence the reader that with being immature there aren’t any consequences. The purpose for Twain showing Huck’s …show more content…
One of the ugly truths is violence. There is an abundance of violence but the most descriptive act of violence in the novel is the shooting that Huck witnesses in chapter twenty-one. It describes what happens after Sherburn fired the first shot at Boggs as he, “staggers back, clawing at the air—bang! Goes the second one, and he tumbles backwards onto the ground, heavy and solid, with his arms spread out.” (143) This in itself is a vivid scene that might be too gruesome, and then to follow with Bogg’s daughter who “screamed out and comes rushing, and down she throws herself on her father, crying” (143), one can argue that it might be too much for a younger readers. But with this scene it comes the speech that Colonel Sherburn gives to the lynch mob telling them that they and most people are cowards, and that they wouldn’t stand up to him alone because the courage they have to stand up to him is “borrowed from their masses” (147). The book shouldn’t be banned due to one of the important lessons it teaches to young readers for that if they truly believe something is wrong they cannot rely on someone else to give them courage in order to stand up for what is right, they must find it within …show more content…
This is a historical time period for the United States because it’s the time period leading up to the Civil War. Mark Twain lived through these harsh times where black and white men weren’t seen as equal. Twain experienced the culture of this time setting and helped readers to envision it through his writings. In chapter sixteen of the novel, Huck and Jim are going down the river in their raft while two men ask to search the raft. Huck, in fear of Jim getting captured, lies to the men saying he has family with smallpox inside the tent on the raft. He then feels bad for lying for he knows that Jim’s slave and that it is wrong to help a slave escape. With this it shows that even in Huck’s friendship with Jim, due to society, he sees Jim as a possession in the sense that Jim used to be owned by Mrs. Watson. The novel should not be banned do to the historical insight it gives in the point of view as a white boy in a black and white