Why Should Huck Finn Not Be Banned From Schools

Books are adventures, a reader can live multiple lives by every turn of a page. Books are also educational, it takes us back in time to learn our history and learn about our mistakes, it records important events. Such as the revolution, wanting to be free from britain or the civil war where people fought for slavery in the 1800 in America. Books are amazing there is much to learn in a book. Schools make students read books for educational purposes, mostly in English classes. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classical American novel. As the title says is a book of adventure but it also points out some issues in society before the civil war. Some schools point out that this book should not be taught at school because it
One of the reason is because it uses the “N” word. Students claim that it makes them uncomfortable having the “N” word in a book that is taught to them in school. Furthermore, some teachers believe that using that using the “N” word is not a way to teach students about the issues of slavery, therefore schools want to banned a top classical american novel because students cannot handle the “N” word in a book, but obviously can handle it when speaking to each other. Students and teachers claim that the usage of such word throughout the books is inappropriate and has no relation with the understanding the life of a slave it should be removed from the curriculum and replace it with a book colorful with unicorns to hide the horrendous fact about slaves. Clearly the word was intended to show how people treated slaves, it was not to insult or to cause commotion. It showed how common it was to call a slave and no one cared because slaves were seen as properties and not humans at all. Even though the the word is inappropriate for students to be reading it shows them the harsh reality of slavery and it not only makes them think that slavery is “bad” but inhumane, an issue that should not be sugar coated. The book should not be taken out of the education system just because of the “N” word. The book is incredible for teaching students how people threw the “N” word to
An example, in chapter five where Huck’s father complain that a African American is allowed to vote and how is it even possible that the African American should be considered an equal to a white person. The dialogue of pap is extremely racist but is most likely that Twain wrote it to teach the readers how insulting slaves was common and again did not see them as equals. Moreover, in chapter thirty-two, when Aunt Sally thought Huck was a Tom Sawyer and asked him why was he late. Huck told a story that in the steamboat the cylinder was blowed and only a slave died in the accident, followed by Aunt Sally saying “Well, it’s lucky; because people do get hurt.” Once again it shows how people looked at slave only property and not a person with rights. Some readers believe the book is racist and because of that it should be taken out from school. In the other hand, as a reader of this book I believe it is not racist to the reader but it does show racism towards each other. However, it was written this way because is the cruel reality of slavery. Twain shows the facts of slavery and even if people don’t like reading it is true. People try to cover it from students