Controversial in death as he was in life, Mark Twain has been seriously accused by some of being a \"racist writer,\" whose writing is offensive to black readers, perpetuates cheap slave-era stereotypes, and deserves no place on today\'s bookshelves. Huck Finn is a fantastic example of the racist style Mark Twain brings to the table. It is mostly African-Americans that would like a book such as this banned. However, this is ironic for it …showed first 75 words of 513 total…

…showed last 75 words of 513 total…today such as the KKK, but nothing as compared to those during the times of slavery. I believe Mark Twain was trying to depict not only how life was in those times, but also how bad it could turn. Even though Huck Finn is fictional, it deserves a spot next to the biography of Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcom X. However, had I lived in the 1800’s, I might not have thought the same.