Huckleberry Finn: Censorship, Dialogue, And Change
Huckleberry Finn Research Paper
Since its introduction in 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been a well respected work of literature. People across the world have read it and have gained extensive knowledge about the unfair world that once existed. Recently, the book has been subject to controversy over complaints of its use of language as well as the way human weakness is portrayed throughout the story. Many people have called for the language in the story to be changed to accommodate readers who are easily offended, while others have demanded that it be left pure and untouched. Others call for the book to be banned entirely from all classrooms, calling it offensive and racist. After extensive research, it can be concluded that …show more content…
Other scholars such as Allen CareyWebb also have very positive things to say about Huckleberry Finn. In his scholarly article titled “Racism and Huckleberry Finn :
Censorship, Dialogue, and Change”, Allen says, “ Huckleberry Finn may be the most exalted single work of American literature. Praised by our best known critics and writers, the novel is enshrined at the center of the Americanliterature curriculum” (Webb 22).
From that quote, it can be seen that Webb strongly appreciates the fact that the story is used in our teaching curriculum to educate students. Allen feels that the book is a valuable tool that should be used to teach children the struggles of those born into the previous generations. Other literary critics are not always as positive, however they still give the book a fair amount of praise. John Alberti, writer of the scholarly article titled
“The Nigger Huck: Race, Identity, and the Teaching of Huckleberry Finn” says that
Twain “effectively satirized the entire American population in Huckleberry Finn” (Alberti
930). This was achieved by having a wide amount of characters from different backgrounds such as Jim, Huck, the Duke, and the Dauphin. Alberti suggested …show more content…
Alberti also suggests that Huck was “white trash” as well, due to his harsher upbringing, and for having a drunk, abusive father. Critics of Huckleberry
Finn seem to fail to point out the satirization towards Huck, the Duke, and the
Since its introduction in 1884, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been a well respected work of literature. People across the world have read it and have gained extensive knowledge about the unfair world that once existed. Recently, the book has been subject to controversy over complaints of its use of language as well as the way human weakness is portrayed throughout the story. Many people have called for the language in the story to be changed to accommodate readers who are easily offended, while others have demanded that it be left pure and untouched. Others call for the book to be banned entirely from all classrooms, calling it offensive and racist. After extensive research, it can be concluded that …show more content…
Other scholars such as Allen CareyWebb also have very positive things to say about Huckleberry Finn. In his scholarly article titled “Racism and Huckleberry Finn :
Censorship, Dialogue, and Change”, Allen says, “ Huckleberry Finn may be the most exalted single work of American literature. Praised by our best known critics and writers, the novel is enshrined at the center of the Americanliterature curriculum” (Webb 22).
From that quote, it can be seen that Webb strongly appreciates the fact that the story is used in our teaching curriculum to educate students. Allen feels that the book is a valuable tool that should be used to teach children the struggles of those born into the previous generations. Other literary critics are not always as positive, however they still give the book a fair amount of praise. John Alberti, writer of the scholarly article titled
“The Nigger Huck: Race, Identity, and the Teaching of Huckleberry Finn” says that
Twain “effectively satirized the entire American population in Huckleberry Finn” (Alberti
930). This was achieved by having a wide amount of characters from different backgrounds such as Jim, Huck, the Duke, and the Dauphin. Alberti suggested …show more content…
Alberti also suggests that Huck was “white trash” as well, due to his harsher upbringing, and for having a drunk, abusive father. Critics of Huckleberry
Finn seem to fail to point out the satirization towards Huck, the Duke, and the