The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set by Mark Twain in the pre-civil war era, when both racism and slavery were at a highpoint. ... For example, because of the strict point of view that society has enforced on him, he is afraid that "it would get all around that Huck Finn helped a nigger to get his freedom; and if [he] was ever to see anybody from that town again [he"d] be ready to get down and lick his boots for shame" (191). ... Society's view on racism and slavery at the time of Huck Finn is very different than society's view on it today; this goes to show that because of it...

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Book banning has been a familiar part of the educational landscape in the twentieth century, and even such literary masterpieces as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice have not escaped the censor's wrath for their allegedly racist views. ... The ratings may be evidence of Hollywood's sensitivity to its moral obligations to all audiences, but the effectiveness of the system depends, in the final analysis, on the good-faith efforts of both theater managements in enforcing the code and parents in maintaining an interest in their children'...

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