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Book Banning Controversy The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Edward Cho Study Guide

Jenice Lee Keynote Presentation

__Game: Basketball Jeopardy ! by Phillip Song __

Rules of the Game: 1. Divide the students into two teams. (boys and girls mixed). 2. Pair up. Gender doesn’t matter. 3. Only two players from each team can shoot and the other players must stay sitted. 4. There are total of 20 questions. Every question is worth one point. 5. The players must stand behind the table. Listen to the question. Your team can’t throw the ball before the question is finished. 6. When the question is finished, the players can start shooting the basketball on the desk into the basketball hoop. However, you must throw the balls one at a time. The team will get to answer first if he/she makes any of the balls into the basket first. If the player gets it wrong, there is no penalty, however, the other team receives the chance to answer the question. 7. If you don’t make any baskets with the three balls, you can bring the balls on the floor and start over again until you make it. 8. If both team’s answers are wrong, then the round ends and the next player on deck from each team plays the next round.

How to Win: Try to make a basket as fast as you can so you can get the chance to answer the question first. The team with the most points will win the prize.

Prize: There will be a awesome prize for the winning team !
 * Regarding to the difficulty of the questions, I’ve decided that the students can discuss the answer within their teammates.

Questions/ Answers: 1. Q:As mentioned in the presentation, what was the name of the library that banned “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”? 2. Q: Name two reasons why Huck Finn was banned from Concord Library. 3. Q: State what did the oppositions say about banning the novel. What did people want instead? 4. Q: What was the reason that some people opposed from banning Huck Finn? 5. Q: How did Mark Twain think about public places banning his books? 6. Q: Fill in the blank. Mark Twain has been accused of being a “ _ writer”. 7. Q: Name one reason why the novel is still banned in some libraries even today. 8. Q: Some people didn’t understand Mark Twain’s use of irony and satire in the novel. What were the two out of three objects for Mark Twain’s satirical attack? 9. Q: People thought the book gave general stereotype of African American. Name one reason other than language. 10. Q: What did NAACP claimed about Huck Finn? 11. Q: Name two ways why books were challenged. 12: Q: How did challenging books made attempt to remove or restrict materials? 13: Q: In the presentation, about how many times was the word “n” mentioned in the book? 14: Q: Fill in the blank. “Criticizes not only the slavery and racism, but also the whole tradition of American .” 15: Q: How does Mark Twain compare uneducated white man and an admirable black man? 16: Q: What is Blackface Minstrelsy? 17: Q: What did Booker T. Washington say about the novel? 18: Q: How does Mark Twain use Jim to point out the satirical irony? 19: Q: What did Ralph Ellison say about Twain’s Huck Finn? 20: Q: How did the schools think about teaching Huck Finn in terms of racial issue?

Questions/ Answers: Q:As mentioned in the presentation, what was the name of the library that banned “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”? A: The Public Library of Concord, Massachusetts. Q: Name two reasons why Huck Finn was banned from Concord Library. A: Immoral tone, rough, ignorant dialects, bad grammar, inelegant expressions, flippant. Q: State what did the oppositions say about banning the novel. What did people want instead? A: Rather than morals, people wanted stories about adventures. Q: What was the reason that some people opposed from banning Huck Finn? A: People thought that restricting materials is considered censorship and people have to realize how cruel people were. Also, they said that we can’t simply take away history as if it didn’t happened. 5. Q: How did Mark Twain think about public places banning his books? A: He didn’t care much about banning his books and he thought it was funny. 6. Q: Fill in the blank. Mark Twain has been accused of being a “______ writer”. A: Racist writer. 7. Q: Name one reason why the novel is still banned in some libraries even today. A: Negative racial stereotypes, lower self-esteem of African American students ,need other books that reflect other images of African Americans. 8. Q: Some people didn’t understand Mark Twain’s use of irony and satire in the novel. What were the two out of three objects for Mark Twain’s satirical attack? A: Slavery, hypocrisy, prejudice. 9. Q: People thought the book gave general stereotype of African American. Name one reason other than language. A: Buffoonery, lack of adult maturity. Q: What did NAACP claimed about Huck Finn? A: Huck Finn contains racial slurs and belittling racial designations. Q: Name two ways why books were challenged. A: The material was considered to be "sexually explicit", contained "offensive language", and was "unsuited to any age group". 12: Q: How did challenging books made attempt to remove or restrict materials? A: Attempt to remove or restrict materials based upon the objections of a person or group. 13: Q: In the presentation, about how many times was the word “n” mentioned in the book? A: More than 200 times. 14: Q: Fill in the blank. “Criticizes not only the slavery and racism, but also the whole tradition of American __________.” A: Democracy. 15: Q: How does Mark Twain compare uneducated white man and an admirable black man? A: Uneducated white man is easier to understand than even the most admirable black man. 16: Q: What is Blackface Minstrelsy? A: Its a theatrical makeup used by white people to play black people. 17: Q: What did Booker T. Washington say about the novel? A: He exhibited his sympathy and interest in the masses of the negro people. 18: Q: How does Mark Twain use Jim to point out the satirical irony? A: He uses Jim to point out the moral center of the book, courage, nobility, and risks for freedom. 19: Q: What did Ralph Ellison say about Twain’s Huck Finn? A: He said that Twain fitted Jim` into the outlines of the minstrel tradition and it is from behind this stereotype mask that we see Jim’s dignity and human capacity. 20: Q: How did the schools think about teaching Huck Finn in terms of racial issue? A: By removing the book, it will only reinforce stigma about the “n” word.