Huck Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Dear Editor,
I would like to address the controversy of Huckleberry Finn. My child is in middle school and teachers have had to put a hold on allowing the children to read this book and being able to teach the children about African- American history. I am an African- American mother, I have read this book and I am not offended, for those days are long gone and can’t and won’t be that way again.
First you must know what a romance novel is, what it represents and what racism is. Back in the 19th century the writer was trying to capture the real life happenings, the real dialect, and the real atmosphere of that time. Many people believe that Twain’s book is ...
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is a powerful force when studied at face value, but is defenseless against an unchecked, leftist, revisionist agenda attempting to align the past with their contemporary ideology” (Garcia par 6). When we get into changing words, unwriting history, rearranging art, we start to put our democracy in danger and the whole point of culture and of literature is to challenge us, to make us a better person. To change Huckleberry Finn is to change Mark Twain.
Cindy Lovell, executive director of The Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum in Hannibal, Missouri says, “To change the language changes the power of the book!” (Garcia par 3). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is absolutely relating a message to readers about the ills of slavery but this is a complex matter. I think too many people capitulate to being politically correct and not wanting to step on anyone’s feelings rather than speak the truth or talk about the uncomfortable truths that are present in our history and our ...
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has been raised by extremely racist individuals who have, even if only subconsciously, ingrained some feelings of bigotry into his mind (Lovell par 7). I believe it is how the parents bring up the children today. It’s a painful past but that is where it belongs, in the past. We don’t need to bring our children up to be prejudiced. Teach them to be a better person.
Not all history is beautiful, heartwarming, or admirable; it can be dirty, gritty, and downright shameful and no one has the moral authority to edit the dirty, gritty, and shameful parts of history for the sake of political correctness, contemporary societal dictates, or the ignorant who take offense at the teaching of the ...
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