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1. The Book Banning/ Censorship Mark Twain Huckleberry Finn Hannah Grippo Mr. Schooley Pd. CD blogspot.com blogspot.com

2. Censorship The practice of officially examining books, movies, etc., and suppressing unacceptable parts.

3. “What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.” ― Salman Rushdie mideastposts.com “If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.” ― Benjamin Franklin mideastposts.com

4. Book Banning A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content.

5. "[O]ne man's vulgarity is another's lyric."-- John Marshall Harlan,

6. Racism Prejudice or discrimination directed against someone of a different race based on such a belief.

7. “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will be holding hands with little white boys and girls.” ― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have A Dream

8. Mark Twain In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain attempts to move away from pure literary writing. He writes in the dialect instead. "You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'; but that ain't no matter." csmonitor.com

9. Banned and Challenged Books A challenge is an attempt to remove or restrict materials, based upon the objections of a person or group. A banning is the removal of those materials. Challenges do not simply involve a person expressing a point of view; rather, they are an attempt to remove material from the curriculum or library, thereby restricting the access of others. As such, they are a threat to freedom of speech and choice.

10. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Published: in 1885 Author · Mark Twain (pseudonym for Samuel Clemens) Language · English; frequently makes use of Southern dialect of the time blogspot.com Time and Place written · 1876–1883; Hartford, Connecticut, and Elmira, New York

11. Why the Book should NOT be Banned This is how the world is whether you like it or not African American teacher said “It is good to let the children see how the world really is and how people today still treat others Another teacher feels as if you forget about the racism in the book it is a really good book to teach to the children

12. Adventures of Tom Sawyer Also a banned book of Mark Twain Blogspot.com

13. Why this Book should NOT be banned. Historically accurate

14. Critics “I found this book to be very good. The language in the novel made me feel as if I was in the south.” “The less education the more Anglo-Saxon, and, generally, the better grammar. Mark ought to know this. “ “It is pitched in but one key, and that is the key of a vulgar and abhorrent life.”

15. Twain’s Thoughts “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter." he did not feel as if any wrong was done in the Huck Finn book that is the way he grew up and the way his town where he lived talked he based this off of his childhood

16. “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn…All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.” - Ernest Hemingway (1905)

17. The Concord public said “it is rough coarse and inelegant, dealing with a series of experiences not elevating the whole book being more suited to the slums that to intelligent, respectable people.” (Boston Evening Transcript March 17, 1885 p.6) Huck and the Concord Library

18. The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), in the book "Censorship and Selection: Issues and Answers for Schools," defines censorship as: "[T]he removal, suppression, or restricted circulation of literary, artistic, or educational materials -- of images, ideas, and information -- on the grounds that these are morally or otherwise objectionable in light of standards applied by the censor." The book, published jointly with the American Library Association (ALA), distinguishes between censorship and the ongoing, necessary reality of selecting educationally appropriate materials for the curriculum and school library. Rethinking Schools

19. Conservatory with the “N” word From the moment it was published in 1885, Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" caused controversy. It challenged authority, poked fun at religion and was accused of leading children astray. What's surprising is that 125 years later, Huckleberry Finn is still making news.

21. Federal appeals court allows 'Huck Finn' to remain on school's reading list The court acknowledged that words can wound, but said a book approved by school officials for its educational value does not violate federal civil rights laws. Courts cannot "ban books or other literary works from school curricula on the basis of their content ... even when the works are accused of being racist," said the opinion by Judge Stephen Reinhardt. "It is simply not the role of courts to serve as literary censors or to make judgments as to whether reading particular books does students more harm than good."

22. Works Cited Federal appeals court. freedomforum.org. 1998 Huck and the Concord. librarytwain.lib.virginia.edu. New York Herald.1885: March 18. SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2002. Web. 13 Dec. 2012. The history of book banning. About.com. Esther Lombardi. 2012. Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: C.L Webster & Co. 1885 “Censorship”. “Racism”. Merriam-Webster. 2 e.d 1997 print Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. United States, Illinois: The American Publishing Company Mark Twain Banned Books. slideshare.net. by mortdida on April 28, 2010 Mark Twain. blogspot.com. by Charles Dover. n.d