Huck Finn as A Racist Piece
In the recent past, the educational merit of Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn has been called into question. Claims of rampant racism and sheer crudeness have bombarded the novel since its release in 1885. The book is currently banned in many American schools on the grounds that it is a racist novel and incites feelings of animosity and isolation in many students. The question of whether or not the novel should be taught here at Natick High School has been posed, and deserves some serious consideration.When discussing whether or not the novel should be part of the Natick High School curriculum, it is important to address the specific needs of the students. Although Natick is a predominantly white town, Natick High School has a good number of African-American students due to its METCO program. It stands in good reason, therefore, to assume that productive discussions regarding race and our nation’s history will result from the inclusion of the novel in the NHS curriculum. While the history department at NHS does cover slavery as part of U.S. history, The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn provides a much better picture of life during that time period than the historical text
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Approximate Pages = 7 (250 words per page double spaced)
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