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The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a snapshot into antebellum America. It embodies the spirit of the South and portrays it as most saw it; be it racist or not. When the novel is viewed as a whole, it is one of the greatest pieces of American literature. The novel is, in short, appropriate for the classroom setting, and should continue to be taught in the public school system.
The problem, however, is that some people do not see it that way. They focus on the book's use of the word ‘nigger', and the racism in it (in a sense, ‘selective reading'). They do not seem to comprehend that, though it is fiction, it is set in a real time period, and its characters and their actions could have easily been as real as the mighty Mississippi.
Racism is not the focus of the book. The book is based on, as the books title so bluntly puts it, the adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The racism in the book is background information, but it is still very important, because if it......

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