should huckleberry finn be banned from schools?
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In spite of the controversy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn generates, its hidden values support the use of this book in schools and prove the point it should not be among banned books. Indeed, the censorship of this book only blocks children from learning the history that surrounds the pre-Civil War and slavery.
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Tom and Huck Statue. Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are well-known and admired enough to merit a statue.
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When the government gets involved in forcing kids to change their diet—in this case by banning soda and candy in schools—it undermines students' ability to learn how to make healthy decisions for themselves. ... Removing unhealthy choices is no way to teach students how to make healthy ones.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel of its time. Twin does a good job exploring the themes of racism and identity. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a satirical look at 19th century social climate. I think it's worth a read if only to get a glimpse of a past that no longer exists.
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Huckleberry Finn may be based on Mark Twain's childhood friend. ... In 1885, when the Minneapolis Tribune asked who Huck was based on, Twain said it was no single person: “I could not point you out the youngster all in a lump; but still his story is what I call a true story.”
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The banning of the Huckleberry Finn because of its racial characterization only results in racial lines between authorities and the parents. ... Twain's novel racial characterization regards the use of the word “nigger” throughout the book and forms the reason for its banning from the use in schools (Twain 14.56).
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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was banned for the first time just one month after its publication. “Not suitable for trash” was the opinion of the Concord, Massachussetts, librarians who banned it in 1885.
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Here is why Huckleberry Finn belongs in classrooms. It is a novel about loyalty. You can use the book to show this typical American experience and this is the white and black American getting along well and the high school kids need to have that presented too.
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Answer and Explanation: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is 43 chapters.
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In American high schools and colleges, Huck Finn is taught as an important, if controversial, book about race. For some, it is an inspiring story about how blacks and whites work together to find freedom. For others, its use of racial slurs and stereotypes make it unteachable, if not unreadable.
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In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim is a slave who shows compassion for Huck and creates a moral dilemma for him. He is also Twain's symbol for the anti-slavery message.
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Summaries. In Missouri, during the 1840s, young Huck Finn fearful of his drunkard father and yearning for adventure, leaves his foster family and joins with runaway slave Jim in a voyage down the Mississippi River toward slavery free states.
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The answer is simple: Huck Finn is considered a classic. The concepts in the book represented and challenged the ideals of society in the time period which the novel was written. ... The issues of society are much deeper than youthful adventures. Yet, Twain writes the characters Huck, Tom and even Jim in a juvenile light.
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His novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) is set in Missouri along the Mississippi River.
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Peddie is an AMAZING academic institution, however I'd the school could have a better culture where there weren't so many cliques and the school valued things non-academic. The food is also bad. Teachers can be hit or miss, but the good teachers are truly exceptional.
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This debate is about the good and bad points for how junk food should be banned. ... Banning Junk Food In Schools Could Decrease The Frequency Of Heart Disease. Junk Food Can Have Negative Affects On Bone Health. Habits Are Often Formed During Childhood And It's Important To Ensure That Kids Eat A Healthy Diet In School.