Should Huck Finn be taught in CHS

Murder, sex, and drugs don’t sound like a good book for kids right. Huck Finn has all these things in the book so I guess it is not suitable for kids. Well I disagree. These are all the things that make a good book and interesting. Half the times when kids are giving books to read they don’t even read past the first page, because it cant keep their attention, but not with Huck Finn. On top of that it is written well.

To start out I will say that as a book that has all the wrong things according to “The Man,” it is pretty well written. The way Mark twain uses the words to make it sound like you are actually down south in the 1800’s is brilliant. He also uses great imagery so you don’t only read the story you see it to. Listen to these lines describing a thunderstorm “My souls how the wind did scream along. And every other second or two there’d come a glare that lit up the white caps for half a mile around, and you see the islands looking dusty through the rain, and the trees thrashing around in the wind.” With imagery like that how can the book not be a good thing to teach in a school?

Also the book has the action to keep kids reading. Most times when teachers give out a story to read half of the class doesn’t even read it, because it is too boring. But when a teacher gives out Huck Finn to a class they know the kids will read it. I know this because I like to read this book. I say this because most books can’t keep my attention but this one can.

In conclusion all the things that make it a bad book, really make it a good book. It also has a lot of good things in it too. The imagery and the words make it a powerful book, and good teaching material. These are the reasons why Huck Finn should be taught in CHS.