Thursday, May 31, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
YOUTUBE VIDEOS
In this section of Huckleberry Finn, Huck dresses up as a girl and goes into town. He is doing this not because he enjoys wearing women's clothing, but because it is a helpful disguise. Some people who wear women's clothing in a way similar to Huck's do it because they feel more comfortable that way. Here are three songs about transvestites.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Lynn's Links to Articles Section 2
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/17/science/q-a-392990.html
This article explains the reasons why people in England put quicksilver in bread and fired cannons to find the corpses of people who had drowned.
http://www.life123.com/holidays/halloween/superstitions/bad-luck-superstitions.shtml
http://voices.yahoo.com/common-bad-luck-superstitions-omens-6580036.html?cat=34
Both of these articles are about common superstitions. Both Huck and Jim are very superstitious, and Jim taught Huck about many bad luck signs during last night's reading.
This article explains the reasons why people in England put quicksilver in bread and fired cannons to find the corpses of people who had drowned.
http://www.life123.com/holidays/halloween/superstitions/bad-luck-superstitions.shtml
http://voices.yahoo.com/common-bad-luck-superstitions-omens-6580036.html?cat=34
Both of these articles are about common superstitions. Both Huck and Jim are very superstitious, and Jim taught Huck about many bad luck signs during last night's reading.
At What Point Are Kids Ready to Read Huck Finn?
The constant uses of the “N” word in The Adventures of Huck Finn are a controversial subject. It has propelled the book to number five on the list of banned books, it has been the cause of many both political and religious debates, and multiple copies of “edited” versions of Huck Finn have been recently published. I don’t believe in the banning of books, and am usually the first to disagree with any argument in favor of the banning of books. There was, however, one argument that I found was at least interesting, if not valid. I have found five article each arguing for or against this idea, with each written from a very different perspective. The first article is an opinion piece from The New York Times, it explains the overlying themes and ideas throughout each of these links. The second is also from the New York Times, and it contains all the responses to the previous article that other readers had sent in. The third article gives great quotes and opinions from teachers and readers of the novel. The fourth article is written by a high school student who explains the details of how he feels about the book and the way it is taught. And lastly, an african-american former student- now teacher shares his opinions on the teaching of The Adventures of Huck Finn in high school.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16moore.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/opinion/l23twain.html
http://chronicle.com/blogs/brainstorm/more-on-huck-finn-and-censorship/30970
http://teenink.com/opinion/discrimination/article/285374/Huck-Finn/
http://www.motherjones.com/riff/2011/01/mission-high-huck-finn-english
Thursday, May 17, 2012
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