Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn: Banned and Challenged
The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been banned and challenged since its first
publication in 1884. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is
the continuation to the novel, The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Both novels portray the strength of the
friendship between two impressionable young boys; Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer,
who are complete polar opposites. In the beginning of the novel, Huck is taken
in and cared for by a very generous, Miss Watson. Despite the gracious care he
receives from Miss Watson, his troublesome past inevitably catches up with him.
His alcoholic, and as quoted in the novel, “poor excuse for a father” later
finds him (Twain). Huck, in a desperate attempt to avoid his father’s clutches,
fakes his own death to escape what he fears will lead to a downward spiraling
fate. Huck then runs into Jim; a runaway slave from Miss Watson’s, because he overheard
her talking about selling him away. One
of the biggest reasons the novel itself has been banned and challenged is
because of the excessive use of the word “nigger”. Another reason it has been challenged is
because it is widely thought that the ….
