Also it has been banned because many African Americans view this novel as one that contains racial slurs and racism (Zwick 1). ... Ernest Hemingway wrote that "all modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.... ... Another author to approve of this novel is David Bradley, who says "Huckleberry Finn must be taught because it is a specific point of intersection between White American Literature and Black American Literature" (Zwick 1). ... The racist comments in the novel are not offensive to me simply because I am not African American. Because I am not African ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Many argued, and continue to argue, that the book's images perpetuate racism and deeply insult the African American race. However, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most significant pieces of classic literature in this country. ... Twain uses Jim to very precisely show this in having him speak the dialect of African Americans in the South, when Jim first speaks the reader hears him say, "You go en git in de river ag"in, whah you b"longs, en doan" do nuffin to Ole Jim, 'at 'uz alwuz yo' fren" (41). When reading this type of writing students witness a groundbre...

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• Grade Level: High School

F.R Leavis comments that, even though Twain used such harsh words, the message in the end was still "innate, natural human goodness, which would flower into brotherhood if it could only be protected against the taint of society" (Modern American Literature 295) The n-word is used because the book it is about that time period and what it was like. ... They are more prone to using this word again after hearing it from someone they think is cool like rappers, people on the internet, and African Americans themselves, not Huckleberry. ... If anything, Huck Finn helps enforce the idea of...

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Literature can be viewed in many lights. ... However, when reading this book, one must keep in mind that it is set in a time in which African Americans were not looked at as humans, but as animals that were only good for menial labor. ...

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In 1884, Mark Twain wrote one of the most controversial andremembered novels in the world of literature, The Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn. ... Around the time this novelwas written, "nigger" was thought to be the appropriate word touse when referring to an African American. ...

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Late 19th - Century American Literature Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson as a critique of 19th Century hierarchies based on racial segregation Mark Twain: Mark Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. ... For the following years Twain's literature became rather dull and negative. ... The reintegration of slaves, African Americans, had failed and certain laws were set up in order to maintain the divisions between black and white. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School