The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is inappropriate reading material for high school students. A story like this may further corrupt a teen's mind. This book deals with adult themes and concepts that are not suitable for immature readers. This book is not to be taken lightly and should not be taught at the high school level.
To begin with, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is not appropriate because it can corrupt a young person's mind. At the age of twelve, Huck Finn is roaming the woods alone and later floating down the river with a group of criminals (Gibson 86). This novel explains in depth various scams, in which Huck, the Duke and the King steal money from good, honest people. Huck and his crew are homeless and they are surviving by stealing and cheating. This is not a good ex
Furthermore, not only is the language unsuitable, it is a brutal and vulgar book that teens should not be exposed to. There are a couple of deaths in the book: Colonel Sherburn kills the harmless town drunk, Boggs. Earlier, Huck is staying with the Grangerford family that is in the middle of a feud with the Shepherdson family. Buck speaks of murdering all of the Shepherdsons. Eventually, a Shepherdson kills Buck right in front of Huck. The King and Duke are tarred and feathered later in the book and Huck doesn't think twice about this. Huck also encounters a wreck on the river with two criminals who are about to leave the third to die. Not to forget the alcoholic and abusive father that is killed in a whorehouse (Kaplan 46). These are all examples of the vulgarity of this book. In today's society with all th
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