Valkeakari's Huckleberry Finn

Many schools have banned teachers from teaching on Twain’s Huckleberry Finn for various reasons. One of those reasons is that Twain uses the word nigger, and he uses it to many times. At the time that this book was written, slaves and free black people were called niggers. So Twain in his writing is being politically correct when writing about Jim and the other slaves

     The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the greatest, most daring novels in the world. Mark Twain’s style helps to realistically portray early America. Mark Twain tells the story through the voice of Huck, the very kindhearted main character. Everything that Huck says reflects the racism and black stereotypes typical of the era. This has lead to many conflicts from readers since the novel was first printed. However, the story has inspired some. James W. Tuttleton says in an article he wrote that “Huck Finn is regularly denounced as racist trash” (The San Francisco Chronicle [1885] 6) . Yet, again to oppose that is a quote by a reader, “Anyone who is

“All modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn,” this is what fellow writer had to say about this classic novel. Still, this novel has been the object of controversy since it was published more than 150 years ago. Some people argue that Huckleberry Finn is a racist work, and that the novel has no place in a highschool classroom. This feeling is generated because a main character in the story, Jim, and other slaves are referred to many times as “niggers.” When Mark Twain wrote this book, he was striving to show the general public that society was wrong in the past, that the way white people thought black people were less than human was a wrong viewpoint. The

     There is a major argument among literary critics whether the adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is or is not a racist novel. The question focus on the depiction of Jim, the black slave, and the way he is treat by Huck and other characters. The use of the word “nigger” is also a point raised by some critic, who feel that Twain uses the word too often and too loosely. Mark Twain never presents Jim in a negative light. He does not show Jim as a drunkard, as a mean person or as a cheat.

There are many important and historical themes in Mark Twains “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The one that I found to be the most interesting and the most historically accurate was the controversial racism that is presented all throughout the book. A lot of this time period was predicated on racism, and this book shows it by giving us eye opening examples from beginning to end.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is arguably one of the best novels of all time. It’s also one of the most controversial. The book was published in 1884, nineteen years after slavery was abolished in the United States. Slavery was still very common practice in the setting of the book, and the plot of the book is a kid trying to help a black slave escape and find his family. The first controversy of the book occurred when it first came out. People did not think the book should’ve been sold because it included a white kid socializing with a black man, which was not proper at the time. The next controversy still goes on today. Many schools do not teach the book because Twain used racial words that weren’t frowned upon then, but are now. Despite all of that, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should be taught in schools because it teaches American history, it helps kids learn valuable literary techniques, it is a great example of writing from a legendary author, and it forces kids to explore and develop their own morality.

Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has caused controversy over whether it should be taught in schools due to the racist content of the novel. These racist aspects of the novel are not meant to be racist but in fact the opposite, they are used by twain to convey messages about the time period in which the novel was written. Samuel Clemens or his pen name Mark Twain was born and grew up in Hannibal, Missouri which is where his novel takes place. Most of Twain’s works are works of satire, mostly criticizing Society. Satire is using humor to criticize or expose problems within the area that is being satirized.

The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is a controversial book being brought to the attention of readers of being racist. Most people consider the book racist because of the ¨n¨ word and the character Jim. Not until after 100 years of being published people were worried about the books racial descriptions because they started teaching the book in public schools. Black parents didn't like the idea of their kids being taught a book they thought was about slavery and black people being frowned upon. Publishers edited different versions of the book to avoid being referred to as racist, and school districts even banned the book from being in elementary and intermediate schools.

Racism is a major topic most feel uncomfortable talking about. For one individual he felt the need to talk about African American slavery, his pen name Mark Twain. Twain a Caucasian man born in 1835 grew up around slavery. Inspired by the movement Twain published Huckleberry Finn a book of a boy by the name of Huck with a runaway slave, Jim. Back in the eighties as Huckleberry Finn was published the novel gathered many critics as it was said to ¨challenged authority, confront religion, and was accused of leading children astray,¨(Schneider, David). In today's society the novel is still debated. Huckleberry Finn has gathered many controversies on whether or not schools should ban the teaching of Huckleberry Finn due to the word ¨nigger¨ used two hundred times. The ¨n¨ word is taken offensive as it was used by whites to bedevil African American slaves. Teaching the novel to students can cause a sense of agitation as the word ¨nigger was taught to not be used or said. The novel has great qualities to teach today's students but the ¨n¨ word is said to be overpowering.

Mark Twain used this book to demonstrate how society after years of slavery being abolished, that we still have racism in many different ways.The main reason the story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written is to show how much racism there was in the 1840’s. I feel that society has changed for the better since 1840 because the violence, racism, language they use in this book and in this time still exist but it’s better than what it used to be. I feel the purpose of this book is to show that racism has gotten better in some ways but in other ways it has not gotten better maybe gotten worse. And that everyone is going to feel how they want to feel and do what they want and only hope that one day we can all be

Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain over seven years, is considered one of the best American masterpieces ever published, and a novel that Twain used to make social statements about the treatment of blacks. The novel follows Jim, a slave, on his journey from captivity to slavery. Along the journey, Twain makes claims about slavery and racial inequalities. Throughout the novel Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain discussed the paradox of slavery in a free country and expressed a clear social statement about the unfair treatment of different races; by drawing upon the history of slavery in the United States and it’s impact on his life, he tied slavery into the novel and made these statements

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a novel about a boy and a runaway slave who are on a erratic adventure in search of freedom. The novel verbosely brings up several scenes of racism, which has caused an outburst of disagreement for the NAACP. A state conference was held in Pennsylvania and the NAACP demanded that local school boards and district superintendents should ban the novel from mandatory reading list. The NAACP clarifies that the novel is rather stereotypical towards African Americans and can mentally affect the self-esteem of an African American student. Several scenes in the novel portray racism, but they appear very subtle to the reader unless evaluated precisely with thought. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, several scenes delineate a clear idea of racism.

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” is about a boy who sets out on an adventure that leads him away from social restrictions and out into a world of unexplored places. Within the story it holds many questionable events. Those events spark doubt in readers’ minds and they start to shy away from the book and reject it immediately. I believe that, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, should not be banned in classrooms due to the book including important topics such as slavery, morality, and history.

Racism and slavery are portrayed everywhere in books and society. Mark Twain, when writing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, used many themes -- one of which is slavery and its unfortunate result, racism. Even though the novel was written years past the Civil War in the United States, it was still considered a problem in the South. Mark Twain sought to spotlight the damage that racism had not only on society, but on the individual. Huck Finn, the main character, had to confront the beliefs instilled in him by his father and by society in general. As there is change happening in the real world he thought change could have been done in the novel. As Huck knew what he was doing to help Jim was not right, he knew the “wrong” was actually good. To see the suffering of just one slave, whom he came to know as a human being, he decided own his own to help Jim. Written during the Age of Realism, Twain created a vivid, colorful, and authentic novel that tells the coming-of-age story of one young man who faces slavery and its inherent racism.

Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain has been a troublesome, yet successful novel ever since it was originally published in 1885. However, in that same year the Concord Library Committee banned this book from the shelves due to its setting in the past where slave owning was still legal in the United States. Twenty years after the Civil War and the south is still unhappy with the federal government’s decision to illegalize slavery. Slave ownership was a touchy subject at the time Huckleberry Finn was published, but that is the reason why this book is so successful. This novel about a young boy escaping civilization with an escaped slave tackles the tough topic about the chemistry between Americans and African Americans after the Civil War. No other author dared to write about this do to many authors being romanticists, but Mark Twain who only writes with a realistic fashion did what no other man would. This publicity stunt is the reason Huckleberry Finn is still read to this day. The controversy with this novel during the 1880s traveled throughout the years and is still as strong and present. The only difference between the topic of discussion in the late 1800s and now is the content of the book. The first few years after Huckleberry Finn was published, Americans argued whether this book should still be sold due to the fact that it deals with slavery even after the United States attacked itself to end the slave business. Many teachers feel uncomfortable saying this word in