tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post6803987679372902700..comments2024-03-29T00:34:36.786-05:00Comments on Book Chase: Censoring Mark TwainSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-46287208799608739392011-01-11T17:01:52.839-06:002011-01-11T17:01:52.839-06:00Twain used that word for a specific reason, too, K...Twain used that word for a specific reason, too, Kathleen...to show that even the most "decent" characters in the story did not see slaves as humans. Removing that word distorts and weakens the whole premise of the book.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-75336536587721304222011-01-11T17:00:31.955-06:002011-01-11T17:00:31.955-06:00Life is really tough for today's kids, blondca...Life is really tough for today's kids, blondcat...trying to stay politically correct at all times has to be very nerve-wracking. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-32675987361133241862011-01-09T18:48:20.744-06:002011-01-09T18:48:20.744-06:00I think it is so ridiculous for them to sanitize H...I think it is so ridiculous for them to sanitize Huck Finn. The beauty of literature is that it can tell us so much about the time it was written. I really find the whole thing absurd and would never want my teenage son to read a sanitized version of the book. Luckily he has already read the original. It is insulting to think that readers can't handle the original language.Kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739982274914536036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-59083900093411015002011-01-07T21:11:25.590-06:002011-01-07T21:11:25.590-06:00MMMM I must read Huck Fin again; it has been a lon...MMMM I must read Huck Fin again; it has been a long time. I feel that to change this particular word robs the intent of the language. But then we can't have those school kids thinking to hard.Elaine Out Loudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10488271480637164190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-18655110101676731132011-01-06T20:03:00.690-06:002011-01-06T20:03:00.690-06:00Thanks for the link.Thanks for the link.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-3456704000550167602011-01-06T19:40:27.482-06:002011-01-06T19:40:27.482-06:00Here is a good article in the Atlantic
http://www....Here is a good article in the Atlantic<br />http://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2011/01/taking-the-history-out-of-huck-finn/68870/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-60335701903457074852011-01-06T19:30:27.150-06:002011-01-06T19:30:27.150-06:00Thanks for that, library girl...interesting take o...Thanks for that, library girl...interesting take on the situation. Everything old becomes new again. This kind of dimwitted thinking has apparently been around a lot longer than I realized.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-69670737262410356282011-01-06T19:26:26.836-06:002011-01-06T19:26:26.836-06:00I agree, Lisa.
Political correctness is an emba...I agree, Lisa. <br /><br />Political correctness is an embarrassment to this country and does way more harm than good.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-90900990302271050142011-01-06T16:45:30.405-06:002011-01-06T16:45:30.405-06:00You may find this interesting: "Take it from ...You may find this interesting: <a href="http://readroger.hbook.com/2011/01/take-it-from-old-stage-manager.html" rel="nofollow">"Take it from the old stage manager"</a><br /><br />It's a reposted article from 1984 about another "less offensive" edition of Huck Finn.A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-41573967130039755832011-01-06T11:08:48.365-06:002011-01-06T11:08:48.365-06:00Love the cartoon! I agree it is for the money. Yo...Love the cartoon! I agree it is for the money. Young adults should be exposed to all of history...not just the pretty parts. Everybody hold on to your current editions of Huck Finn...they will likely be worth lots of money one day!Lisa@ButteryBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08992625711977305385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-18782148088579339932011-01-05T21:26:14.887-06:002011-01-05T21:26:14.887-06:00Aarghhh!Aarghhh!GKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03876323547133013201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-50811269259909063742011-01-05T19:08:21.773-06:002011-01-05T19:08:21.773-06:00Absolutely correct, Susan...and what a great "...Absolutely correct, Susan...and what a great "protest book" Huck Finn makes. :-)Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-86754474159346828112011-01-05T19:07:46.058-06:002011-01-05T19:07:46.058-06:00Great points, library girl. Even replacing "...Great points, library girl. Even replacing "nigger" with "slave," if that is all that is done, is too much and dilutes the book more than most people would care to see it happen. What happened to treating high school students as the young adults they are...they are mature enough to understand the context of the times in which this book was written.<br /><br />Have you seen Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-25132583252960766322011-01-05T18:57:43.419-06:002011-01-05T18:57:43.419-06:00I hate to say this, but there are some people who ...I hate to say this, but there are some people who should have nothing at all to do with books.<br /><br />This post has decided me...I'm going to read Huck Finn this year.Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-11356581625165270212011-01-05T18:35:26.137-06:002011-01-05T18:35:26.137-06:00"There are literally scores of editions of th..."There are literally scores of editions of these Twain books out there on the marketplace for people who really place adherence to Twain's original text on the top of their priority lists"<br /><br />What kind of school are these, that will be having their students read these censored texts? When I read something in my English classes (not so very long ago, as I was reminded today),A Library Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144279685884011943noreply@blogger.com