Huck Finn
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
When Huck makes up the story on why he, 'Tom', was late getting to Aunt Sally's house he explains that a cylinder had blown up. In conclusion, Huck Finn is not the ideal literature for high school students. Another thing is the excessive use of the word 'nigger'. There are a couple of deaths in the book: Colonel Sherburn kills the harmless town drunk, Boggs. Huck Finn can only be interpreted in a negative way. Telling kids about 'niggers' being killed and treating 'niggers' as servants is a contradiction to our current beliefs that slavery and racism are bad. In addition to giving the wrong ideas about life, the language is unsuitable for teen reading. Buck speaks of murdering all of the Shepherdsons. When Aunt Sally asked if anyone was hurt, 'Tom' said no; just a few blacks were killed. Aunt Sally was relieved and said, good, sometimes people get hurt. Huck also encounters a wreck on the river with two criminals who are about to leave the third to die. Blacks were thought of as property (Hirst 26). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, takes place in the pre-civil war south.
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