The Censorship of Huck Finn
The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn has been called one of the greatest pieces of American literature, deemed a classic. The book has been used by teachers across the country for years. Now, Huck Finn, along with other remarkable novels such as Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird, are being pulled off the shelves of libraries and banned from classrooms. All the glory this majestic piece by Mark Twain has acquired is slowly being deteriorated. This isoccurring because some say it does not meet "today's" politically correct standards. This is an immense disturbance to all who have read and cherished Huckelberry Finn and know this work's Censorship, as defined in the dictionary, is, in the case of a book, to take out things thought to be objectionable. Censorship is far more than that. This mere word prohibits us from all things branded with its mark. In this instance of The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn, it takes away an American treasure, and more importantly, defies First Ammendment rights. Those who find Huck Finn distasteful and unappropriate are trying to brand this work, by censorship, and make it unjust to read. This is similar to a farmer trying to brand
absurd. It is idiocy to go back and apply to novels written more than racist ideas put forth in Huckelberry Finn, horrid as they may be, are part of America's past. Reguardless that it was in the past, it should not be lost, but utilized to see the wrong done to this eyes and see what life was really like. More importantly to learn from the mistakes made in the past. Those who haved picked up this book have used it to become not hating and racist, but who has assigned the bood for 28 years saying, "the book has a 'raw edge' and that some of the language is offensive, but the positive value far outweighs the negative." In the four articles there were many contrasting ideas and different approaches to Huckelberry Finn and the case surrounding it. Though there were a few points made against Huckelberry Finn, superstitious, infantile, passive, and generally uncultured," as written by Frank Ritter. These ideas may at first seem like the basis for a good arguement, but it is later apparent that these American treasure to remain availible due to its racism, this is not the case. Even though the word "nigger" is used over 200 times in the book, it was common for African-Americans to be refered
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Approximate Word count = 939
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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