An indepth look at Huckfinn's racial issues
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a book that should be read by today's youth, isn't being read. Many pre-schools, middle schools, and even high schools deem the book unreadable for our youth. It would seem that the book's overall content, and what it supposedly teaches is under fire by many people. In a NewsHour interview, Shelley Fishkin, an noted author of a book that was against Mark Twain spoke out against Twain's book. She explained that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a "Trojan Horse" in the schools. She compared the Trojan Horse to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, because she thought that it touched on the very sensitive issues in society today, and once the book was in public schools, she thought that teachers would treat it like any other book. Because the teachers thought the book was harmless to the students it would explode like a grenade because of all the "combustible issues" in the book according to her logic. Combustible issues such as the word "nigger" are often used in a derogatory sense in the book to add to the flame that would eventually cause its censorship. Chester B. Stevens, vice-president of the African American Parent Coalition(AAPC), described that his use of the word "Nigger" was like "t
search.tulsaworld.com/archivesearch/default.asp?WCI=DisplayStory&ID=991110_Ne_a5group ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Banned Books and American Culture - Mark Twain. Online. Internet. 10 Jan. 2000. Available HTTP: Johnson, Claudia. (1994). Stifled Laughter:One Women's Story About Fighting Censorship. Colorado: Fulcrum Twain, Mark. (1996). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Random House, Inc. Group Opposed to Huck Finn. Online. Internet. 12 Jan. 2000. Available HTTP: Twain, Mark. (1996). Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Random House, Inc. Using the relationship between Huck, Tom, and Jim, Twain convinces the reader that the racism in the beginning of the book was only there to move the story along and it was only part of the whole picture. Twain uses Racism to form strong relationships and show the readers how Racism divides people. When he wrote the book, the nation was being torn apart because of slavery. He probably made the book for these obvious reasons; The hatred between the North and South could be amended by simply treating the blacks with dignity and with respect, and also, racism has to stop to prevent further bloodshed between kinsmen. Brown, Jean. (1994). Preserving Intellectual Freedom: Fighting Censorship in Our Schools. Illinois: Saginaw Another example is when Huck plays a joke on Jim, and a snake poisons him. Huck calls Jim a fool for no reason at all, putting the blame on him for getting poisoned.
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