Huckelberry Finn: Introduction and Chapters 1-5

       This interm I took a class called banned books and Huckleberry Finn was actually a text that we discussed.  Just like the introduction mentions it is the 5th most banned book in America; even though it is a classic.  Some of the issues with the book deal with racial issues and language.  In my other class we talked about how a group of teachers actually rewrote the book and substituted words for "nigger" that were more "appropriate".  These teachers felt that the students would not be able to handle the words or that there could even possibly be some violence that may ensue if these words were not changed.
      Chapter two seemed to stick out most for me because of the forming of "the gang".  I thought it was interesting how these boys followed Tom so willingly and where Tom got all of his ideas from.  When anyone questioned Tom's reasoning he simply replied that he got it from a book and that they had to go "by the book".  Everything from killing to robbery.