Huck Finn
Few books in American literature have been both as influential and as thoroughly debated as Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The question whether or not Huck Finn should be banned has been posed for more than a hundred years, yet still shows no sign of going away. It is due to Mark Twain's repeated use of the word "nigger" that many attempts to ban the novel from schools have been made. Although some argue that the novel is extremely racist, a careful reading will prove the opposite. Huckleberry Finn remains one of the greatest classics of American Literature and although it is highly controversial due to racism, I do not find it to be a racist novel.
As we look into the issues of racism in Huckleberry Finn we must first look at the time and setting of this book. Twain wrote this book before the Civil War and during slavery when black people were known as property rather than people. Twain displays the truth about slavery, including issues that surround it......
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