Should Not Be Banned

Many times since it was written, the novel Huckleberry Finn has been wrongly banned or challenged for various reasons associated to incorrect interpretations of slang and racial reference in the book. This fictitious classic, by Mark Twain, is the story of a white boy and Negro slave's intricate journey down the Mississippi river, the quintessential tale of a child's coming of age. Published in 1876, the release of Huck Finn brought a new theme of controversy to the world of literature that is still being debated today. In schools and reading communities all over the country Huck Finn is being taken off of book shelves due to its supposed `inappropriate' nature. For Twain to have written the story any differently would have completely changed the disposition of this timeless novel, with which Ernest Hemmingway identified as "The source of all...