the "N" word to be removed from Huck Finn

ignore this one. read the next...

 

That would be jack london's call of the wild wouldn't it?

wait no, that was a dog... lol

edit: I was close... it was jack london himself...

 

Maybe kids in school should read Call of the Wild instead of Huck Finn

It's got a puppy and a city full of white folks. Good, wholesome literature...

 

oh jeez. first of all, I don't think books should be banned. Thats part of my point. Why would I want Shakespeare to be banned? Shakespeare is a moot point. At some point in history scholars allowed his works to be changed. That is what I would like to see prevented with Huck Finn.

Secondly, Huck Finn has nothing to do with racist political values. Appearantly you do not understand irony or social satire.

This is not a meaningless word we are arguing. This is a word that is intrisic to every element of the book. This is why I would be a pissed off English teacher. Writers choose words very deliberately sometimes. In Twain's case, the word "******" was a deliberate choice that reflected the social climate of the time. To change the word is to change the meaning of the book.

I would suggest you step away from this debate until you re-read Huck Finn and gather an actual understanding of its thematic elements.

 

and still while that word remains in the book, the book remains off the curriculum. Its readership is diminished by keeping the word in. What are you interested in? people reading the adventures of huckleberry finn or people reading the word "******"?

Are you sure this wasnt all brought about because you are pissed off that someone with the name mohammed was the one who first objected to the word "******" in the book and caused the row that got it taken off the curriculum?

I really think you are far more interested in allowing people to read the word "******" than you are in allowing them to read the adventures of huckleberry finn

 

Better that they're told they can't read it because it said a bad word, than that they read an edited copy.

The point, again, is not the oh so brilliant story, it's how it's told. There's no intrinsic value to having your kids read about a kid on a raft with his colored and equal friend, it's about having your kids read about a kid on a raft with an escaping ******. And the whole point of censoring the word ****** is to censor what the book is ABOUT.

So why would I want this book that's about something else passed off to kids as huck finn? I don't, I think it would be far better that they read it on their own, or not at all, than read this version.

 

ah...what does someone named mohammed have anything to do with anything, exactly?

I'm gonna stop right here because at this point I would just be repeating myself. Refer to RooR's response to this post and you can imagine my response would be similiar.