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The Adventures of huckleberry Finn - Inappropriate for Children   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is, not and should not, be considered a childs story.  A story like this may corrupt a small childs mind.  It deals with adult themes and concepts that are generally not suitable for young children.  Als o, if used as a childs story it may flurry them or make it them the do by idea astir(predicate) slavery and the nomenclature of the time.           First of all, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is extremely inappropriate for children because it may put bad ideas into a young impressionable mind.  At the young age of about twelve, Huck is roaming around the woods all by himself and later on is flo ating aimlessly down the Mississippi River with a bunch of criminals.  Huck is living what may appear to the children to be a very exciting and glamorous life.  nearly parents would never steer thei r children the wrong way in life, dont want to declare childr en about a kid around their age or little older than they are that is homeless and basically cheating and larceny to survive.  This fable explains in depth about various scams such as the Wilks brothers scam, and the teaching schools like the dancing sch ool or yellow cution.  In adjunct to the royal nonesuch plays which teach children that all you need to do is disengage the money and run like the King and the Duke did.  After reading this novel the majority of children wont go out and try to scam their n eighbors.  However, it may seem like an appealing lifestyle for them.  It may also give them the impression that being a con man for a living, or being homeless and wandering is a wonderful and glorious harum-scarum lifestyle, and because your Mommy or Daddy tells it to you, it must not be the wrong thing to do.           In addition to giving the wrong ide a about life, it is a brutal and vulgar book that children should not be exposed to.  There are a couple of deaths like when Colonel Sherburn kills a guileless town drunk named Boggs.  Earlier on Huck is staying with a the Grangerford family that is in the middle of a feud with the Shepherdson family.