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This is a 3 page paper discussing “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” in regards to its place within the educational system and grade levels which can appreciate the work. “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was written by Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, 1835-1910) in 1884 and was originally meant to be read as adult fiction and as a sequel to “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” written in 1881, although it is a text which can stand on its own. While the book remains one of the most taught works of American literature, it is considered as difficult to teach and controversial because of the racial content and use of colloquialism. In most cases, the book is left for the higher grade levels ranging from junior high to graduate school because of the racial content and the high level of irony used which could be misunderstood or missed by students in the younger grades. In addition, most critics believe that students should be taught the book in later grades when the students would be able to place the book in a larger historical context.
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1884 and was originally meant to be read as adult fiction and as a sequel to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" written in 1881, although it is a text which
can stand on its own. While the book remains one of the most taught works of American literature, it is considered as difficult to teach and controversial because of the
racial content and use of colloquialism. In most cases, the book is left for the higher grade levels ranging from junior high to graduate school because of the racial content
and the high level of irony used which could be misunderstood or missed by students in the younger grades. In addition, most critics believe that students should be taught the
book in later grades when the students would be able to place the book in a larger historical context. Professor of American Studies and English at the University of Texas,
Dr. Shelley Fisher Fishkin has written, lectured and taught a great deal about the writings of Mark Twain and their place in the educational system within American schools. She has
found that while the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is one of the most widely taught books in the American educational system, teachers have constantly felt that the text is difficult
to read and teach to students, especially in the younger grades. Fishkin believes that to fully understand the work, students must first overcome two problems: "first, one must understand how
Socratic irony works if the novel is to make any sense at all; most students dont; and, secondly, one must be able to place the novel in a larger historical
and literary context - one that includes the history of American racism and the literary productions of African-American writers - if the book is to be read as anything more
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