... . It is difficult to censor without crossing the line of free speech, but in an environment where parental guidance is lacking and youth violence is increasing, control must be integrated. Book banning has been a familiar part of the educational landscape in the twentieth century, and even such literary masterpieces as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice have ... that spotlight kinky sex and dysfunctional relationships are also proving to cause sexual abuse and sexual problems in society (Steele 336). Although young children "are not interested in sexua...

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... prosecution of the "guilty- and compensation of the "innocent."" But even the potential detective hero (Wilson) shows how easily one succumbs to a belief in racial predisposition when he notes early in the book how Roxy's superstitious drop of black blood causes her to avoid the fingerprinting process. [Whether we as readers, or Twain as author, are able to escape these myths of ... ...

• Word Count: 3141
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