Wednesday, October 15, 2008

In the history of the book Huckleberry Finn there has been a lot of controversy. The novel has gotten a lot of criticism from different people for the way the book was written. The critiques come from different people like; critics, authors, religious fundamentalist, right-wing politicians, encompass parents and even librarians. These people argue that the book is racist against black people for the words it uses to describe Jim. It also makes a Jim (black person) look like a fugitive because he escapes trying to look for his freedom. A lot of people wanted for the book to be taken out of schools. Something that I agree with Peaches Henry is that the book shouldn’t be removed from school; it should be introduced to children later on in High School.

4 comments:

SamMaurer said...

Maybe you should embellish on why it is good for schools. Other than that, you have a great start.

Courtney said...

I would elaborate on what Peaches Henrys main point is. It is not clear to me. This sounds like a good intro, it just needs more to it.

Caitlin said...

good job, take your idea of having kids wait until later in high school to read it and maybe use that to answer question 3 for the essay

clayton said...

so do agree that the text is racist?