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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Should be Taught in High School Class r ooms

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Should be Taught in High School Class r ooms. Because…. Shows how far we have come to have equal rights today Gives more insight into pre civil war racism in the South Gives students a reason to be accepting of all races. Quote #1.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Should be Taught in High School Class r ooms

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  1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Should be Taught in High School Classrooms

  2. Because… • Shows how far we have come to have equal rights today • Gives more insight into pre civil war racism in the South • Gives students a reason to be accepting of all races

  3. Quote #1 • Huck: “We blowed out a cylinder-head.” • Aunt Sally: “Good gracious! Anybody hurt?” • Huck: “No’m. Killed a nigger.” • Aunt Sally: “Well it’s lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt.” • Pg. 167 2nd paragraph • Shows the extent of the racism • Aunt Sally didn’t even care that a black man died. She didn’t even consider the dead black man a person. • Shows slaves and black people to be far inferior to whites

  4. Quote #2 • Tom: “Don’t you reckon I know what I’m about? Don’t I generly know what I’m about?” • Huck: “Yes.” • Tom: “Didn’t I say I was going to help steal the nigger?” • Huck: “Yes.” • Tom: “Well then.” • Pg. 176-177 Las paragraph on pg. 176 • Shows how the N-word is common language • The word is used here just to refer to a slave as opposed to the word being directed at a slave. • It’s common language as opposed to an insult

  5. Quote #3 • Jim: “I ‘uz hungry, but I warn’t afeared: bekase I knowed ole mussus en de widder wuz goin’ to start to de campmeetn’ right arter breakfas’ en be gone all day, en dey knows I goes off place, en so dey wouldn’ miss me tell arter dark in de evenin’”pg. 33 3rd paragraph • Jim is hard to understand • Shows him to be… • Inferior • Dumb • Uneducated

  6. Quote #4 • King: “Mf! And we reckoned the niggers stole!” Pg.156 2nd paragraph • King is quick to blame the slaves for stealing the Wilks’ money • Shows how society thought poorly of slaves • They had sticky fingers ready to steal anything from others

  7. Jocelyn Chaddwick • Jocelyn Chaddwick is a Graduate School of Education Professor • She believes Huck Finn should be taught in high schools • It sparks important debates about race that need to be addressed, but are usually hard to talk about • Jocelyn Chaddwick is right • Huck Finn offers several great lessons that need to be taught

  8. Article: “Should Huck Finn be Taught?” • Helps break stereotypes • In a high school hallway, you hear worse than what is in the book

  9. Bibliography • Powell, Alvin. "Fight over Huck Finn Continues: Ed School Professor Wages Battle for Twain Classic." Home - Harvard Public Affairs & Communications. Web. 29 Apr. 2011. <http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/2000/09.28/huckfinn.html. • L., Michelle. "Should Huck Finn Be Taught?" Blogspot.com. 30 Jan. 2008. Web. 29 Apr. 2011. <http://gerber319.blogspot.com/2008/01-should-huck-finn-be-taught_30.html>.

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