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Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is very controversial on whether or not this classic novel should be banned. Many people believe it should be banned because of its harsh language, but others believe that makes the book believable. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be banned because the book provides the reader with an understanding of how people talked, promotes the idea that slavery is wrong, and shows us that sometimes doing the right thing is viewed wrong in others eyes.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be banned because of most of the dialect Mark Twain uses like,"Ain' dat gay? En what dey got to do, Huck?"(76) This line was spoken by a slave named Jim. The grammar and spelling errors used in that sentence is very high. But Mark Twain used that sentence to characterize Jim. Mark Twain could have used proper English, but he used this instead. He used this sentence, because it shows that Jim was not an educated person. Through out the book the word negro is used. This is not supposed to mean Mark Twain is racist. He is using a word that was actually used in this context back then. Some …show more content…
Most of this book is Huck trying to help get Jim, a slave, to freedom. When Jim asked Huck not to tell anyone about him running from home Huck responds, "I ain't a-going to tell I ain't a-going back there, anyways"(43) Huck agrees to help a slave that was trying to run away. Something he could be severely punished for. Later Huck gets his friend Tom Sawyer to help let Jim escape as well saying, "Didn't I say I was going to help steal the nigger?"(233) Tom is now helping Huck help Jim escape. Which is still a very serious crime, but they are willing to do it. Tom ends up getting wounded in the leg. He does not blame Jim for it. They know slavery is wrong, and that is what Mark Twain was trying to get across. That slavery is wrong, and it needed to be
Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is very controversial on whether or not this classic novel should be banned. Many people believe it should be banned because of its harsh language, but others believe that makes the book believable. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be banned because the book provides the reader with an understanding of how people talked, promotes the idea that slavery is wrong, and shows us that sometimes doing the right thing is viewed wrong in others eyes.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be banned because of most of the dialect Mark Twain uses like,"Ain' dat gay? En what dey got to do, Huck?"(76) This line was spoken by a slave named Jim. The grammar and spelling errors used in that sentence is very high. But Mark Twain used that sentence to characterize Jim. Mark Twain could have used proper English, but he used this instead. He used this sentence, because it shows that Jim was not an educated person. Through out the book the word negro is used. This is not supposed to mean Mark Twain is racist. He is using a word that was actually used in this context back then. Some …show more content…
Most of this book is Huck trying to help get Jim, a slave, to freedom. When Jim asked Huck not to tell anyone about him running from home Huck responds, "I ain't a-going to tell I ain't a-going back there, anyways"(43) Huck agrees to help a slave that was trying to run away. Something he could be severely punished for. Later Huck gets his friend Tom Sawyer to help let Jim escape as well saying, "Didn't I say I was going to help steal the nigger?"(233) Tom is now helping Huck help Jim escape. Which is still a very serious crime, but they are willing to do it. Tom ends up getting wounded in the leg. He does not blame Jim for it. They know slavery is wrong, and that is what Mark Twain was trying to get across. That slavery is wrong, and it needed to be