Uncovering the truth regarding a sensitive time in history can be accomplished through reading novels often deemed controversial, in this case, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. ... Huckleberry Finn fits this criterion by demonstrating Huck's moral journey of breaking away from society's morality towards discovering his own. Based on the criteria that the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn meets, this novel should be allowed as a part of the high school curriculum in Fremont Union High School District (FUHSD) for students to extract knowledge from. ... The no...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Controversy through Ignorance The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written in 1884. ... The story begins with the introduction of the narrator, Huckleberry Finn. ... (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1) When introduced into an elitist community of scholars, it is no wonder that it would be considered to be rudimentary and crude. ... The aspects of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that create all the controversy are not what Twain intended for the reader to focus on. ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not about racism at all, but the different elements of human relationships and ...

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" "Yes,"" replies Huckleberry. ... Although modern society largely scorns racism, racism still continues, making books like "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," a story about slavery and racism, still relevant to today. ... In "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by reversing the black-white paradigm, Huck ultimately learns of the invalidity of the ideology behind slavery and racism that has governed his beliefs about whites and blacks his entire life. ... Huck Finn, therefore, serves as a spectator, judging them based on realistic observations. ...

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Nearly two decades after the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of the war, Mark Twain began writing his novel Huckleberry Finn, a novel criticized for having racism in the spotlight. In Huckleberry Finn, honorable and honest slave, Jim, is hindered by the insidious racism of the White society in the South. ...

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