Huckleberry Finn is one of the world’s best selling book. Mark Twain himself even said that Huckleberry Finn is one of his best. Thousands of readers over the year engaging in the book claimed that it had been uncomfortable to read the word nigger 200 times. Although i agree with the “n-word” being offensive and hurtful , I cannot accept the overall conclusion that a classic novel should be tampered with.
Huck Finn is meant to be read by adults not children. The word nigger shouldn’t offended anyone because it is a way of lifestyle back in Twain’s time. In Twain’s time it was okay to say that word and not wince every time it’s said. To illustrate “ Jim is a gentle and loyal person he is not vengeful he does not hate , he cannot cheat or trick another.” Jim plays an important role in Shaping Jim. Jim is usually fore shadowed and he makes Huck understand that “niggers” have emotion too. Like when Jim tells Huck about how he screamed at his daughter but only to realize that she was deaf. Huck grows to love Jim and develop and friendship with him ever since he ran accidently into…show more content… Professor’s and students shouldn’t hesitate to say that word as long as they know that it wasn’t meant to offend people. Why censor Mark Twain? One of history’s most brightest writers. Although to some extent professor’s have been sensing a release of tension whenever they don’t say the word. For example “ For 40 years he has been leaching classes reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in reading groups in Southern States avoided the n- word, and replaced it with slave , and he could detect a visible sense of relief every time the word was avoided.” Tampering with a classic novel can be good but at the same time it takes away the rush that the original writer had intended for us to
