Tag: Huck Finn
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The Dishonest “Book Banning” Debate
The fact is, our society is no longer remotely puritanical. That’s not really what the debate is about anymore.
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Is Huck Finn Racist? Part IV
All this context will fall on deaf ears for those who cannot get past the admittedly jarring use of the racial slur.
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Huck & Jim’s Friendship in Huck Finn
The more Jim is fully human, the less appropriate the n-word becomes, though that is Huck’s only frame of reference as a Southerner through which to regard Jim.
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Satire & Vernacular in Huck Finn
In terms of craft, nonstandard dialect and irony are two of the weapons in Twain’s arsenal which make Huck Finn such a singular work of art.