Question

The overall American critical reaction to the publishing of The Adventures of Huck Finn in 1855 was summed up in one word: "trash". Louisa May Alcott (author of Little Women and Little Men) said, "If Mr. Clemens cannot think of anything better to tell our pure-minded lads and lassies, he had better stop writing for them." The Public Library Committee of Concord, Massachusetts excluded the book as "a dangerous moral influence on the young." Defend or refute the position that the novel is indeed "trash" with evidence from the text to support your claim.

Answer 1

Answer:

The novel is a trash.

Explanation:

Though the novel is a classic done by Mark Twain which is trying to project morality, it is indeed a trash novel. The fact that he uses the ''N"- word frequently in the novel, and varnacular english throughout its writing  goes ahead to comfirm it.

For example, the part when Huck fakes his own death to escape his father and when he joins up with Tom Sawayer and his gang of robbers to kidnap someone for ransom encourages vices depite the novel setting being in 19th century.