And the debate rages on...

TIME Magazine:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1842832_1842838,00.html?iid=moreontime

NY TIMES CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/07/books/07huck.html

GOT SATIRE?!
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/colbert-sells-revised-huck-finn-down-the-river/?ref=books

Should HUCKLEBERRY FINN be censored?

Read the following articles and write a 1-2 page response, answering the following question:

Should the novel, Huckleberry Finn be censored?

Here are some points to consider to help get you started:

1. Censorship in schools
2. Author's intention
3. Affect on theme(s)
4. Affect on students
5. (And of course, anything else that comes to mind as you construct your response!)

ARTICLES to be read:
From Publishers Weekly: http://tinyurl.com/33voldg

From the New York Times: http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/should-the-racial-epithets-be-removed-from-huck-finn/

From the BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12126700

From the Philladelphia Daily News: http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/112976129.html

From USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/2011-01-06-twain06_ST_N.htm

VIDEOS from class:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40934174#40934174

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40934174#40932675

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/40934174#40917922

AUDIO from class:
http://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132681463/publisher-edits-twain-classics-to-remove-slurs

http://www.npr.org/2011/01/05/132685293/Sanitized-Edition-Of-Huckleberry-Finn-Causes-Uproar