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Originally Posted by Redcard
I'd rather the book not be taught at all than changed and taught.
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Twain deliberately chose words that would make the reader uncomfortable. In fact, the more you get to know the characters, the more uncomfortable it should be. The word "nigger" dehumanizes people and Twain's characters are very human. Twain WANTS you to feel offended for Jim. Twain wants you to have the same revelation that Huck does during the book. All of this is taken away by "sanitizing." Like another poster said, without that, Huck Finn is just another coming of age story. There are millions of them.
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