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Re: It's probably a bad idea Cannoli Send a noteboard - 04/01/2011 11:51:31 PM
But i really don't like this book, it was one of the very very few assigned reading books i never actually finished in school. I hate reading dialects ... Nothing but pages and pages of it and tom sawyer's malevolent stupidity ...
Again, THAT WAS THE POINT. Clemmens was sending up the romanticized novel conventions from which Sawyer drew his inspiration, such as the work of Walter Scott and the like.
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New Edition of Huckleberry Finn will eliminate offensive words Avendesora - 04/01/2011 07:16:36 PM 2097 Views
I am annoyed Camilla - 04/01/2011 07:41:37 PM 1015 Views
That's nothing that new. I read Sawyer and Huck Finn when I was like 10, and it was definitely water beetnemesis - 04/01/2011 07:45:07 PM 1029 Views
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I knew that... ? - 05/01/2011 09:27:44 PM 991 Views
There's a difference between a kids' version and a normal version with a censored word, though. *NM* Legolas - 04/01/2011 11:19:26 PM 488 Views
Wouldn't the "kids' versions" ALREADY have that word excised? *NM* Cannoli - 04/01/2011 11:53:09 PM 503 Views
Presumably, yes. *NM* Legolas - 05/01/2011 06:28:47 PM 504 Views
Exactly. *NM* Avendesora - 05/01/2011 01:04:16 AM 610 Views
Read real books then. What kind of ten year old needs to read dumbed down children's books? Cannoli - 04/01/2011 11:21:27 PM 1168 Views
That is just wrong. Maria - 04/01/2011 08:00:57 PM 1075 Views
I agree. j-whitt987 - 04/01/2011 09:12:53 PM 1137 Views
my gut says it wrong but my brain says it is OK random thoughts - 04/01/2011 09:11:00 PM 1227 Views
No, the goal of the book (or one of them) was to illustrate authentic dialogue. Your brain sucks. Cannoli - 04/01/2011 11:49:13 PM 1043 Views
I hate it when I agree with you Camilla - 05/01/2011 12:09:37 AM 1012 Views
yes but you are disagreeing with me so it is a wash *NM* random thoughts - 05/01/2011 04:09:54 PM 485 Views
I see logic isn't your strong point. random thoughts - 05/01/2011 04:09:27 PM 1057 Views
Re: I see logic isn't your strong point. Cannoli - 08/01/2011 01:32:16 AM 1062 Views
it still boils down to the fact that most teachers will not use a book with word nigger in it random thoughts - 08/01/2011 02:55:29 AM 935 Views
You must have a very low opinion of black people... ßelals Girl - 08/01/2011 07:34:14 PM 1109 Views
*cough* Rodney King trial *cough* *NM* Cannoli - 22/01/2011 07:06:20 PM 508 Views
Wow. Hmm. ? - 04/01/2011 09:31:27 PM 1092 Views
naw Twain was a pinko liberal *NM* random thoughts - 04/01/2011 09:46:57 PM 495 Views
"Roar! You changed my book and now I eats you! Bwahaha"...umm...we really need a zombie smiley. ? - 04/01/2011 10:59:39 PM 986 Views
It's probably a bad idea Darth_Katie - 04/01/2011 11:06:02 PM 957 Views
Heh. ? - 04/01/2011 11:26:00 PM 998 Views
Re: It's probably a bad idea Cannoli - 04/01/2011 11:51:31 PM 1073 Views
Just because it's the point doesn't mean I have to like it. *NM* Darth_Katie - 05/01/2011 04:44:10 AM 477 Views
Reacting to "nigger" like that makes the word more hurtful. Tom - 05/01/2011 03:26:35 AM 1114 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 05/01/2011 02:03:58 PM 1001 Views
Pshaw. Elaine - 05/01/2011 01:52:57 PM 1019 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2011 08:42:42 AM 482 Views
Re: I revel in your succint common sense. Danae al'Thor - 07/01/2011 06:01:08 PM 1663 Views
What's next, burning Gone with the Wind? *NM* eucatastrophe - 11/01/2011 12:54:46 PM 496 Views
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