In order for this book to be historically correct and accurate, the word nigger must be used. Finn addresses his slave, Jim, as nigger; however, throughout the course of this novel, Finn sees the error in his ways and in turn helps Jim gain his freedom. Whether or not The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should be banned from schools is a debatable topic. The claims as to why this American classic should be banned are logical; however, they fail to put things into perspective. This word as well as many other vulgar words are said and heard daily.
Even without the physical presence of authority, the boys “ . . . still felt the unease of wrong-doing” (Golding 63). As young boys left alone on the island, they still hold onto their idea of a civilised home and morals of right and wrong.
The intentionally unnamed narrator uses materialism to shape his identity “I had become a slave to the Ikea nesting instinct”. Through this characterisation, Fincher is making a social comment on the materialistic, “yuppie” mindset society has adopted. The tongue-in-cheek comment “I had it all. I had a decent stereo, a wardrobe that was getting very respectable. I was close to being complete” shows that the Narrator was never emotionally satisfied with basing his identity on superficial factors, constantly searching for ways to escape it like anonymous support groups comprised of unconditional inclusion “ If I didn't say anything, people always assumed the worst”.
At the beginning of the book, Huck is untouched by other ideals because he has lived in the south and has learned that slaves, such as Jim, aren't people. In fact, Huck goes as far as to play a trick on Jim, like when he helped Tom Sawyer make Jim believe that witches "be witched [Jim] and put him in a trance…" (Twain 18). Although it was Tom's idea, and as T.S Eliot argues that while "[h]uck is the passive observer of men and events, Jim [is] the submissive sufferer from them…", Huck was given the opportunity to not play the trick; however, Huck had not yet begun to value Jim (Eliot 3). It is not until Huck and Jim take off down the river that he begins to consider Jim as a person, not a slave. In the latter half of the book Huck and Jim have become platonic friends, if anything at all.
The Poop that Took a Pee is a fictional book written by Butters Stotch as a sequel to The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs in the episode "The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs". Although Cartman, Stan, Kyle and Kenny wrote The Tale of Scrotie McBoogerballs, in an effort to write a truly vulgar book worthy of being banned by parents and schools, the boys were afraid of being punished for their work and instead claimed it had been written by Butters. Despite the fact the book was written as nothing more that vulgarity for the sake of being vulgar, readers seem to over-analyze the book, claiming that it has deeper meaning than the boys intended. The book's disturbing subject matter however still causes the reader to vomit before even getting past the first sentence of the first paragraph of the first chapter. Due to the popularity of the first book, Butters proceeded to write a sequel to the story, The Poop That Took a Pee.
2 ). It is also obvious that Nick is only helping Lewis so he can get something in return, “so you’ll help me out on the moratorium committee” but Lewis doesn’t end up helping Nick as later on he views the play being more important than helping a friend out. Nick Believes, as does Lucy that there are social and political issues much more important and valid than love and finality and he thinks Lewis is wasting his time in the asylum “Only mad people in this day and age would do a work about love and fidelity. They’re definitely mad” (pg. 41) Nick says when Nick is at the asylum to help Lewis direct.
I hate Mark Twain. It is not so much him as an individual I strongly dislike, but rather his inventions. One particular invention called the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gave me the worst possible time a teenage boy could ever have. When my teachers began assigning projects to torture my classmates one last time before the summer, I started, quite literally, cavorting around the classroom. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not the type to win over a teacher's affection by expressing an implausible amount of geniality.
John Bender likes to make trouble and havoc in the school when he is in detention and somedays I just try to make trouble for no reason. He also likes to insult people, but I don’t really insult people unless I am joking around. He is recognized as a criminal, but I am not so much of a criminal as I am a prankster or an annoying kid. I think that Andrew Clark is like me too. I think this because I am
With that said he truly is able to see that society's way of treating Jim is completely wrong. Huck states "It was fifteen minutes before I could...humble myself to a nigger; but I warn't ever sorry for it afterward" (Twain 79). Huck has chosen to play a prank on Jim but it has caused him only agony. Hucks heart allows him to realize Jim as a regular person and therefore say sorry to him because it is the right thing to do in Hucks eyes rather than in
The loved jock is someone who likes to fight first and ask questions later because after the rise of romanticism, you were a coward if you did not fight (Nugent 34-35). The nerd however cannot fight, which forces them to think of alternative solutions to their problems; and “contemplativeness and powerlessness can easily be linked” (Jones 44). Because thinking and logical problem solving is a common trait of the nerd, they are also characterized as someone who is academically able. They are pictured as someone who is pictured as that cold, unemotional machine that I mentioned earlier. Society fails to realize that everyone can be emotional but not everyone can be smart.