Persuasive essay on Huck Finn and Racism According to a consultant for Chicago public schools named John Wallace, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is the most grotesque example of racist trash ever written.” He claims that, “Huckleberry Finn is an American classic for no reason than that it ridicules blacks to a greater extent than any other book given our children to read” (Johnson 39). But in accordance with my personal beliefs, Bernard …showed first 75 words of 1434 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1434 total…Magazine. 18 February 1898 http://www.boondocks.net.com/twaintexts/besant9802.html Johnson, Claudia Durst. Understanding Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Student Casebook to Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1996. Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Bloom’s Notes. Ed. Harold Bloom. Broomall, PA: Chelsea House Publishers, 1996. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York City, NY: Bantam Books, 1981. Wiener, Gary. Understanding the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 1981.