Essay on whether or not Huck Finn should be taught in schools.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", by Mark Twain, is number five on the most 100 challenged books list which is absurd. In fact, it is one of the most important additions to a school's curriculum, but shadowed by divisive arguments on whether kids should read it. (Powell) It shows Huck's struggle to decide whether slavery is wrong or not, who is accompanied by a runaway slave, Jim, who ran away the same night as Huck. It …
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…as much racism as there was in the 1800s, there is still a substantial amount and it is never going to stop until people stop "putting their heads in the sand" as Shepard puts it, and actually discuss it. School is supposed to prepare for life after school, how would they do that if they keep banning important books? If racism is let be, it will keep growing like it did in Pre-Civil war era.
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