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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 2324 Views
I am annoyed Camilla - 04/01/2011 07:41:37 PM 1190 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 1201 Views
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I knew that... ? - 05/01/2011 09:27:44 PM 1166 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 564 Views
Wouldn't the "kids' versions" ALREADY have that word excised? *NM* Cannoli - 04/01/2011 11:53:09 PM 583 Views
Presumably, yes. *NM* Legolas - 05/01/2011 06:28:47 PM 597 Views
Exactly. *NM* Avendesora - 05/01/2011 01:04:16 AM 707 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 1340 Views
That is just wrong. Maria - 04/01/2011 08:00:57 PM 1256 Views
I agree. j-whitt987 - 04/01/2011 09:12:53 PM 1302 Views
my gut says it wrong but my brain says it is OK random thoughts - 04/01/2011 09:11:00 PM 1427 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 1240 Views
I hate it when I agree with you Camilla - 05/01/2011 12:09:37 AM 1214 Views
yes but you are disagreeing with me so it is a wash *NM* random thoughts - 05/01/2011 04:09:54 PM 569 Views
I see logic isn't your strong point. random thoughts - 05/01/2011 04:09:27 PM 1279 Views
Re: I see logic isn't your strong point. Cannoli - 08/01/2011 01:32:16 AM 1269 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 1108 Views
You must have a very low opinion of black people... ßelals Girl - 08/01/2011 07:34:14 PM 1296 Views
*cough* Rodney King trial *cough* *NM* Cannoli - 22/01/2011 07:06:20 PM 591 Views
Wow. Hmm. ? - 04/01/2011 09:31:27 PM 1268 Views
naw Twain was a pinko liberal *NM* random thoughts - 04/01/2011 09:46:57 PM 580 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 1184 Views
It's probably a bad idea Darth_Katie - 04/01/2011 11:06:02 PM 1116 Views
Heh. ? - 04/01/2011 11:26:00 PM 1207 Views
Re: It's probably a bad idea Cannoli - 04/01/2011 11:51:31 PM 1270 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 569 Views
Reacting to "nigger" like that makes the word more hurtful. Tom - 05/01/2011 03:26:35 AM 1280 Views
Well Sareitha Sedai - 05/01/2011 02:03:58 PM 1211 Views
Pshaw. Elaine - 05/01/2011 01:52:57 PM 1183 Views
My thoughts exactly *NM* ironclad - 06/01/2011 08:42:42 AM 577 Views
Re: I revel in your succint common sense. Danae al'Thor - 07/01/2011 06:01:08 PM 1826 Views
What's next, burning Gone with the Wind? *NM* eucatastrophe - 11/01/2011 12:54:46 PM 589 Views
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