Why Should Huckleberry Finn Be Banned

One of Mark Twain’s best selling novels, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has been disputed ever since the novel has been published in 1884. The novel was based on a young white boy who escaped his abusive alcoholic father and had so many crazy adventure with Jim, a runaway slave. The novel also included racial slurs such as using the word “nigger” over 200 times. Over the time that has gone by, the novel is still unwanted and so many schools are discussing to ban this famous American literature because of just one word, “nigger”. So many people found this word to be offensive so instead of banning the book, the word “nigger” was replaced with “slave”. Also other options were considered such as making a new edition of the novel or just replace

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”

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a significant book in the history of American literature that presents readers with the truth of our past American society in aspects such as speech, mannerisms, and tradition that we must embrace rather than dismiss by censorship. It is a novel that has been praised and proclaimed America’s “first indigenous literary masterpiece” (Walter Dean Howells) as well as one that has been criticized and declared obscene. It has undergone much scorn and condemnation as a novel and many feel that it should be censored. This, however, is not the way it should be. Huckleberry Finn is a masterpiece and, as a matter of fact, it is one on many levels. The story itself, though

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic that has caused a large amount of controversy over strong language and the portrayal of Jim, a slave. A large number of parents and schools argue that the language displayed and portrayal of African Americans in the classic is uncalled for and should be censored or not taught within the school systems. However, other schools and educators argue that the book should be taught as it is and be used as an educational tool to teach about the past and to incorporate morals learned by Huck throughout the novel. Huck Finn should not be banned in education systems because it teaches about slavery’s history and several morals that were displayed by Jim. Since it was first published, The Adventures

Give Students a Choice Huckleberry Finn, the staple of classic literature, a story of a boy and his friend traveling down the Mississippi river. It comes under fire often because of of the book’s blatant use of racism and it's rampant use of the n-word. And they're not wrong the book uses the n-word 219 times in 366 pages. Because of this, several school districts have decided to ban it from their acceptable reading lists. One man’s comments say that “Students can and should be engaged in constructive ways to learn… without being subjected to racial slurs” (Watkins).

Huck Finn Argument The issue of racism has risen to attention in the media. The speech in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn may have been characteristic of the time, but in a more recent period it has risen to controversy. Racial slurs that were once freely thrown around have deemed as inappropriate and racist. It is for this reason that critics find the book to be offensive and unfitting for school curriculums.

Mark Twain went against endless amounts of criticism about his racist’s comments in his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The character of Jim is demeaning to African-Americans as he is portrayed as a foolish, uneducated, black slave. The “n” word is also used in the book describing him and many other African-American characters in the story. However, some see this book as anti-racist and believe that the use of racist’s comments is not racist at all. Those who think that are mistaken because Huck Finn in clearly a racist novel.

There has been an ongoing decision whether to ban The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from classrooms and libraries of high schools. The use of the word “nigga” and the treatment of them [blacks] in general, has made many readers feel uncomfortable. The fact, that the Huckleberry Finn is and will remain a classic novel; I do not believe that it should be banned from high school curriculums. In all fact, it is part of American history whether it is good or bad, also we do not have the authority to change anyone’s writing. Removing Mark Twain’s novel would be ignoring the American history and its past.

My Banned book was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I chose a drawing because I wanted to try to show the contrast between the river and the land. In the middle of the picture There is a raft. On the raft there is Jim and Huck laying, watching the stars and having a good time. On each of the side there is All the terribleness of society. The river is peaceful, it even shows buck and another kid trying to escape gunmen on land by swimming across the Mississippi. All this shows that the Mississippi represents freedom. I also Wanted to show Huck feeling bad for the con men who were tarred and feathered. This show that Huck’s good heart outweighs what Huck has been told his entire life, That criminals are bad and should be punished. On the top

Ever since its publication over a hundred years ago, controversy has swarmed around one of Mark Twain’s most popular novels, Huck Finn. Even then, many educators supported its dismissal from school libraries. For post Civil-War Americans, the argument stemmed from Twain’s use of spelling errors, poor grammar, and curse words. In the politically correct 1990’s however, the point of argument has now shifted to one of the major themes of the book: Racism. John Wallace once said of the book, “It’s the most grotesque version of racist trash” ever written. Were Twain’s archetypal characters and use of vernacular language an assertion of his own racist views, or a critique of the injustice of

    Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn is perhaps one of the most controversial novels the North American Continent has ever produced.  Since its publication more than a hundred years ago controversy has surrounded the book.  The most basic debate surrounding Twain's masterpiece is whether the book's language and the character of Jim are presented in a racist manner.  Many have called for the book to be banned from our nation's schools and libraries.  Mark Twain's novel is about a young boy who was raised in the south before slavery was abolished, a place where racism and bigotry were the fabric of every day life.  The novel is the account of how Huck Finn, who is a product of these

Once upon a time, in a world not far from here, there are students who are forced to miss their annual train ride to Hogwarts, lock the wardrobe to the magical land of Narnia, and walk through the English countryside themselves instead of upon the back of Black Beauty. Why are these students deprived of those occurrences? They live in America, the land of the free- except when it comes to the books they can read. In fact, many schools across America exercise the practice of banning books. Since 1982, libraries, parents, and schools have attempted to ban 11,300 novels, according to the American Library Association. The essentially innoxious books are challenged for an assortment of reasons, including use of malapropos language, graphic or explicit

High schools seem to be censoring everything these days – school published newspapers, websites, students’ clothing, and even their book choice. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book which causes a lot of controversy as to whether the language and events in the book are appropriate to teach in a high school setting. Before the book ends up on the “banned book” list, it should be noted that it should be taught in a high school setting because although The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contains some extreme racism, it could awaken the reader to the harsh reality of the past treatment of blacks, and this book was basically Twain’s way to expose the collapse of black people’s civil rights in the 1880s, and their rights will continue to be trampled over in generations to come by attempting to

The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, has sparked debate ever since its release. Many question whether or not the book should be censored or even banned, due to its supposedly controversial content and dialogue. In Mark Twain’s time, the author of the novel, racism was an extremely delicate topic. Twain takes racism, exposes it to his audience, while reminding the world of humanity’s nature through the themes of hypocrisy, societal justice, freedom, conscience, and friendship, to name a few. As a result, it is no surprise that there are varying views in terms of Huck Finn’s availability to the public.