The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn do the disney version take away the overall controversial effect?

the novel and the movie

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Many people have tried to delete any controversial effect from such a story. Certainly Disney has a reputation for having all stories come out with a happy ending; you should decide if the movie does what you are asking about. Does the movie use the word "nigger" the way Huck uses it in the novel? Does Huck's slanted view of slavery as shown when he and Jim first get together come through, or do you think that the story is more about their boat trip and some of the humor that comes in their "shenanigans" as they move down the Mississippi? Is this a story of a boy's maturation as he learns the value of human friendship and the wrong attitude that he has absorbed from those around him about slavery? Simply decide what is in the original, decide how much is left out and what parts are emphasized when you compare the two and you can decide just how much controversy has been deleted. You also must decide, if you decide that much of the controversy has been removed, who the target audience would be. If the controversy is gone, then this is more children's story (more Disneylike) and less what Twain intended as he showed the inherent evil in the system of slavery at that time.

Many people have tried to delete any controversial effect from such a story. Certainly Disney has a reputation for having all stories come out with a happy ending; you should decide if the movie does what you are asking about. Does the movie use the word "nigger" the way Huck uses it in the novel? Does Huck's slanted view of slavery as shown when he and Jim first get together come through, or do you think that the story is more about their boat trip and some of the humor that comes in their "shenanigans" as they move down the Mississippi? Is this a story of a boy's maturation as he learns the value of human friendship and the wrong attitude that he has absorbed from those around him about slavery? Simply decide what is in the original, decide how much is left out and what parts are emphasized when you compare the two and you can decide just how much controversy has been deleted. You also must decide, if you decide that much of the controversy has been removed, who the target audience would be. If the controversy is gone, then this is more children's story (more Disneylike) and less what Twain intended as he showed the inherent evil in the system of slavery at that time.

And we aren't talking about Disney are we?

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