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Originally Posted by Garp
His main argument was that Twain is being taken out of the classroom solely to his usage of this one word.
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Originally Posted by Garp
However, the issue is that the book is not being taught in schools. And it's due to those 219 words.
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Is there evidence to support that argument? I do see
Huckleberry Finn at number five on the American Library Association's list of
The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–2001, but how often does a challenge result in the removal of a book from a library or a curriculum? An attempt to bar
Huckleberry Finn from a public school would fall to a challenge in court.
Bowdlerization of books is pathetic, but let people do what they will.
Truncate your text,
Bind your own mind—
Literature soars,
Leaves you behind.