Pros And Cons Of Huckleberry Finn

Huck Finn Controversy: Why Both Sides are Wrong Across America, a debate rages on about the 19th century novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. One side argues that Huck Finn is a truly important novel that “All American literature comes from” (Ernest Hemingway). On the other side, people are calling it “the most grotesque racist trash ever written” (John Wallace).Each side advocating for or against it’s use in a high school curriculum, trying to decide what the children internalize at this critical point in their life. Under different circumstances, with a different education system, I would much better be able to take a stance on one side or the other. However, based on the current circumstances of the society we live in, I don’t think it
Every teacher likes to believe that they’re reaching out to their students, and handing down life lessons at a critical point in their students’ development. These essays lack the point of a view of the high school student that is receiving a lesson,. Most high school students simply don’t care. This is not to insult the teacher, nor is it intended to diminish the work of Mark Twain. Rather, it’s a result of the school system in general. You’re average high school student is tired husk, restlessly trudging from one class to the next. As an English teacher, it’s easy to forget that English class isn’t the only class the students have, or that all students, despite what they’re truly interested in, are forced to take all mandated classes.. Your students just came from science and are about to move on to math. After reading a few excerpts with their English teacher, they’ll move on to their next class, where they memorizes bleak formulas and forget about what they had just read, and the cycle continues. The only internalizing they do is what their tests demand be internalized, and they’ll forget the information as soon as possible. Most high schools students have no interest in learning, they only care about what