In exploring the Gilded Age Unit in a couple of weeks, Thursday, Feb 17, we are requiring all scholars to purchase Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
ISBN # 978-0-14-243717-9
In lieu of recent proposals to alter a major aspect of this novel, we will be looking at "nigger-Jim" [and the other 218 degrading references to African Americans] being changed to "slave" we will scrutinize the social, political, moral, literal implications of this euphemistic change.
Is this change an attempt to "save" young people from the embarrassment of saying this word while discussing it, or is it an attempt to erase a certain shameful part of American History?
Are Euphemisms and Politically Correctness destroying language?
www.bigwords.com
ISBN # 978-0-14-243717-9
In lieu of recent proposals to alter a major aspect of this novel, we will be looking at "nigger-Jim" [and the other 218 degrading references to African Americans] being changed to "slave" we will scrutinize the social, political, moral, literal implications of this euphemistic change.
Is this change an attempt to "save" young people from the embarrassment of saying this word while discussing it, or is it an attempt to erase a certain shameful part of American History?
Are Euphemisms and Politically Correctness destroying language?
www.bigwords.com
- http://www.amazon.com/
Adventures-Huckleberry-Finn- Penguin-Classics/dp/ 0142437174/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8& qid=1296701352&sr=8-1 - http://search.barnesandnoble.
com/The-Adventures-of- Huckleberry-Finn/Mark-Twain/e/ 9780142437179/?itm=1&USRI= adventures+of+huckleberry+ finn+penguin - http://www.strandbooks.com/
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Please see me immediately if you have not tracked down a copy of this soon-to-be altered American Classic if you are unable to get a copy from your local library, from Ms. Tartaglione, or purchase one from Strand Books off of Union Square or any of the other discount Internet resources listed below.
Time Management: What can I do today to lighten my expectations tomorrow? Organization: Empty everything out of your bookbag, look over your Agenda. Tackle assignments in order of DUE DATE, difficulty, importance. Make a To Do List: checking off things done every so often Play: Get exercise EVERY SINGLE DAY
Time Management: What can I do today to lighten my expectations tomorrow? Organization: Empty everything out of your bookbag, look over your Agenda. Tackle assignments in order of DUE DATE, difficulty, importance. Make a To Do List: checking off things done every so often Play: Get exercise EVERY SINGLE DAY
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