“A book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat.” —Mark Twain, Notebook, 1895
Questions to consider:
- Why is the teaching and reading of Huck Finn so controversial?
- How have the criticisms about the book changed over the years?
- How do these various criticisms reflect a changing America?
- How does knowing about the history of the controversy make you feel about reading the book?
- Under what circumstances, if any, do you think a book should be taken off a school's reading list and/or out of its library?
- Homework: Read to CH. 7
