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Book Banning Controversy

Book Banning Controversy. By Rachel McNickle Period AB. Written by Mark Twain Published in America in January 1885 Story of a young boy, Huckleberry Struggles between society and his own morals. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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Book Banning Controversy

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  1. Book Banning Controversy By Rachel McNickle Period AB

  2. Written by Mark Twain • Published in America in January 1885 • Story of a young boy, Huckleberry • Struggles between society and his own morals The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  3. Frequently makes reference to Southern and Black dialects of the time • Often considered racist The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

  4. First banned by Concord Public Library • Banned for “course language” • Damaging and demeaning • Brooklyn Public Library soon followed • Fourth most banned book in US schools “Huck not only itched but scratched, and that he said sweat when he should have said perspiration.” “Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” Banning

  5. a person who examines books, movies, letters, etc., and removes things that are considered to be offensive, immoral, harmful to society, etc. Censor

  6. Alan Gribben of Auburn University • N-word is replaced with “slave” Censorship

  7. “If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.” • Benjamin Franklin Censorship

  8. N-word is used over 200 times in Huckleberry Finn • Removal of the N-word changes the way Huckleberry would have spoken Controversy of N-word

  9. Historical Accuracy

  10. racial prejudice or discrimination "It's not just a word…It carries with it the blood of our ancestors. They were called this word while they were lynched; they were called this word while they were hung from the big magnolia tree. That word, in the history of America, has always been a degrading word toward African Americans. When they were brought to America, they were never thought of as human beings in the first place, and this word was something to call a thing that wasn't human.” -Beatrice Clark, refers to the use of the N-word in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Racism

  11. African-American mother, Kathy Monteiro took a case to federal court on behalf of her daughter, Jane Doe MONTEIRO v. THE TEMPE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

  12. “…trash … more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people.” -Anonymous reviewer “If Mr. Clemens [Twain's original name] cannot think of something better to tell our pure-minded lads and lasses he had best stop writing for them.” -Louisa May Alcott Author of Little Women “I just think it's utterly unconscionable that a school would think it's acceptable.“ -Beatrice Clark, grandmother of a student at Renton High School Reviews of the Novel

  13. “It’s the best book we’ve had…. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” -Ernest Hemingway “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn.‘” -Ernest Hemingway "I believe that 'Huckleberry Finn' is one of the great masterpieces of the world, that it is the full equal of 'Don Quixote' and 'Robinson Crusoe‘…” -H.L. Menken Reviews of the Novel

  14. A banned book is one that has been censored by an authority—a government, a library, or a school system. A book that has been banned is actually removed from a library or school system. BANNED Banned Books

  15. Mark Twain states his books were originally written for adults. • “Apparently, the Concord library has condemned Huck as ‘trash and only suitable for the slums.’ This will sell us another twenty-five thousand copies for sure!” –Mark Twain Mark Twain comments on the Banning of his Books

  16. Library of Congress created an exhibit • “Books that Shaped America” Banned Books

  17. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, 1884 • The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X and Alex Haley, 1965 (Grove Press) • Beloved, Toni Morrison, 1987 • Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown, 1970 • The Call of the Wild, Jack London, 1903 Top 5 Books in “Books that Shaped America” Exhibit

  18. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should NOT be banned!

  19. “Banned Books That Shaped America." Banned Books Week. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. • "Banned Books." Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • "Huckleberry Finn -- What Have Writers Said About Huckleberry Finn?" About.com Classic Literature. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • "'Huck Finn' a Masterpiece -- or an Insult." Seattlepi.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • "Huck Finn: Controversy over Removing the 'N Word' from Mark Twain Novel." The Christian Science Monitor. The Christian Science Monitor, 05 Jan. 2011. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • "Racism." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. • "Huck Finn, Censorship and the N-Word Controversy." Politics Daily. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Dec. 2013. • "Censor." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • "Entertainment." Entertainment IThe Hunger Gamesi Reaches Another Milestone Top 10 Censored Books Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. • "Huck Finn Homepage." Huck Finn Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Dec. 2013. Works Cited

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