Should Huckleberry Finn Be Taught In Schools

The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, covers the situations and people Huckleberry Finn encounters after he runs away. Huck prevents his alcoholic father from getting his fortune and is able to run away after his father, Pap, kidnaps him and leaves town. It has many colorful characters that exhibit several facets of society at that time in history. It is anti-racist although it uses the word "nigger" frequently. Huck seems to struggle throughout the book with what he has been taught and what is morally right. His main and most consistent interaction is with Jim, a runaway slave. Although he had been taught differently throughout his entire life, he eventually makes the choice to go against what society deems to be right and be Jim's

So as you can see the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a great piece of american literature and should be taught in all high schools. not only because it shows how racism was back in the late 1800s but also because it shows the true meaning of the word

Many books around the world have been banned because they are offensive. One example is Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel about the journey of a thirteen-year-old boy named Huck, who fabricates his own death to run away with an escaped slave named Jim. The two voyage in a raft along the Mississippi River to gain their individual freedom. In addition, Huck gains a new understanding about humanity. Huck Finn has been creating great controversy on both sides of the argument: to ban or to keep in the school curriculum. Currently “much debate has surrounded Mark Twain’s Huck Finn since its publication in 1885, but none has been more pervasive, explosive, and divisive than that surrounding the issue on race”

Many of the eminent author Mark Twain’s books have been banned from school reading lists and libraries all over the country. These books, like The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn are iconic and give readers an insight into just what life was like in slavery. Although some people think The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should be banned, it should not because in the book readers get to experience a character grow in morality and the book shows the history of the country but in a fictional way that is interesting to young readers.

The novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is one of the most controversial novels written in American literature. Multiple different people have disagreed about this novel and whether it should be allowed to be taught in school or banned since the late 1980s. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a valuable novel and should be included in high school curriculum because it teaches students about the history of American society, it demonstrates Twain’s style of writing, and it addresses the topic of race.

Huck decides to fight for Jim and their friendship even when he knows the possible consequences. “You’ll say it’s dirty low-down business; but what if it is,” Huck insists to Tom that he will save Jim no matter what he said (Twain 227). Huck knows that saving Jim could easily be considered low-down, but Huck says that he is dirty and low-down as well, and that helping Jim is what he must do. He knows what he will be labelled as, but to him it is irrelevant. Their friendship and the bond they created travelling down the river is worth more to Huckleberry. Huck knows how society feels, but he decides to follow his heart anyways. Huck later sees how awful the lynching done to the duke and the king is, yet he still feels bad after knowing how awful they are. “Human beings can be awful cruel to each other,” Huck feels awful even though he didn’t really do anything (Twain 233). Huck’s conscience has come back to bite him about these men even though he had nothing to do with it. Huck knows that this lynching, tarred and feathered, is a painful and brutal punishment. He feels that even though they weren’t the best people they didn’t deserve this cruelty even though it’s what society is prone to do. Society sees these mean as ‘bad,’ and therefore think it is okay to basically torture the conmen. Huck knows that isn’t okay, even with knowledge of the men’s nature, freeing

"Making kids read books they are not mature enough to understand makes them hate reading for the rest of their lives"(Mullen 1). People have argued that high-school students are not mature enough for Huckleberry Finn and will find the book offensive. However most teens are

Within the article Henry evaluates different opinions on the book being taught in school. One that stood out was, “Hentoff believes that confronting Huck will give students ‘the capacity to see past words like ‘nigger’... into what the writer is actually saying.’ He wonders, ‘what’s going to happen to a kid when he gets into the world if he’s going to let a word paralyze him so he can’t think.’” (Henry 387). The N-word is overused in the book to bring up a problem, however the real problem is when the people reading it don’t see the satire which then causes them to be immature. The book should only be taught by someone who sees these problems and knows how to teach those people who do not see it.

In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is seen as a nobler person when not exposed to the hypocrisy of civilization. Huck does what he believes is right, even if this means going against common practices in the society around him. This is seen through Huck’s actions when helping his slave friend, Jim. Throughout the novel, Huck shows his friendship for Jim, especially when everyone is trying to capture him. This was also shown when Huck apologizes to Jim, and sees them both as equals and also freeing Jim after being sold.

The question is, should huckleberry Finn be removed from public school curriculum? No, I don't think so, because it was written 150 years ago and it shows in a way we can understand, how hard life was for black people back then. This book is a part of American history. If this book is too offensive to read, then is To Kill a Mockingbird going to be banned

Should Huckleberry Finn be taught in schools? This question has been a topic of discussion over the past years and is still being talked about today. A lot of people say that the book should be banned from schools because of the racial comments in the book. People claim that it could offend the youth, and teach them unfit words. It is understandable for people to be concerned about the books language, but in reality all the book does is enlighten the youth on the history of slavery and many more. In Joan DelFattores article she states. “The elimination of "nigger" is presented not as censorship but as a rescue mission to save Huckleberry Finn from oblivion, because many secondary schools will not teach material that makes students

There is a debate on whether The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should or should not be used in schools today. Although it is a classic novel that was taught in a different context 30 years ago. Statistics show that today's children view things very different, than when this novel was first used in schools to teach the true history of racism and morality. Children today seem to have a negative view on our history and what they should learn from it. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should not be used in middle schools or high schools today.

They meet up at Jackson’s Island, and decide to stay together while they set out on the river. At this point, Huck is known to lie about many things. Any time he gets into trouble, he will lie to help himself. However, growing extremely close with Jim changes him, and after the Duke and the Dauphin sale Jim, Huck stops lying and becomes a better human. Jim did not just provide someone for Huck to go through life with, Jim provided a true friend who changed Huck’s outlook on what is right in life. He considers turning Jim in several times, but eventually makes the decision to not turn him in and cause his friend to go back to the life he left. At the start of the book, Huck would have turned Jim in with no hesitations, but Jim helped Huck to discover that what is right by society’s rules is not always morally right. Thus, his relationship with Jim makes him less civilized in society’s eyes, but more civilized through the eyes of people who have a good heart and want to help others. Society would have condemned Huck for these choices, but considerate people would praise him for making a kind decision. Without Jim, Huck would not have been able to make a decision like this that showed his good

Huck’s personality and mindset change significantly throughout this novel. The source of Huck’s significant personality and mindset change are caused by 3 forces; (1) people, (2) events, and (3) the process of maturing. Huck is he is stubborn, kind, loyal, and tuff. Huck views his surroundings with a down to earth and logical point of view. He observes without judging and critiquing.

One component of these chapters that I felt was extremely prevalent was the character development of Huck. There were multiple instances when Huck had to make certain decisions that would effect him in the long run, and with most of those decisions came a moral struggle. It seemed as if within these chapters, Huck is trying to find out who he truly is as a person. One example of these moments is in chapter 16 when he is having an internal battle, trying to convince himself that helping Jim gain his freedom is in fact the right thing to do. The quote reads, “I couldn't get that out of my conscience, no how nor no way. It got to troubling me so I couldn't rest; I couldn't stay still in one place…I tried to make out to myself that I warn't to blame, because I didn't run Jim off from his rightful owner” (Pg. 87). In the quote stated above you can clearly see the internal struggle that Huck goes through, trying to find himself along the way. He looks at the situation with 2 different perspectives, one of them being that taking Jim to gain his freedom is immoral and the wrong thing to do, the other being taking Jim to gain his freedom is the right thing to do. Although Jim knows that either way he will feel guilty but he ends up choosing to take Jim's side because of his loyalty. Jim shows his appreciation to Huck by saying things like, "Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on'y white genlman dat ever kep' his promise to ole Jim”(Pg. 92), causing Huck