The Debate over the Use of "Huck Finn" in the School Curriculum

Essay # 964

African-American Studies
Education > Curriculum
Literature
Literature > American

A discussion of different ideas about whether "Huck Finn" should be included in the school curriculum, and the author's personal view that Twain's purpose is to capture the essence of slavery so that readers can identify with each racial incident.

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"In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn, a young boy is forced to ponder the nature of friendship and to find a sense of his own moral vision making his way down the Mississippi with a runaway slave. Young Huck also happens to use the term "nigger" two hundred and thirteen times. In recent years, the racial implications of every aspect of the novel have become subjects of critical debate. Its colloquial style and embodiment of the enduring and widely shared dream of freedom have moved people of all ages so much that they plan to ban the novel from certain schools. "

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