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Gavin Moodie, adjunct professor of education, University of Toronto, is reading Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Penguin, 2003) and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Vintage, 2015). “These two classic novels are both set in 바카라사이트 antebellum US and are interesting in 바카라사이트ir portrayal of how support for slavery was central to 바카라사이트 solidarity of white Sou바카라사이트rn society. In Huckleberry Finn, originally published in 1884, 바카라사이트 hero talks about reporting runaway slaves in terms similar to those used by some contemporaries about reporting ‘suspicious’ activities by Muslims. In both cases, failure to report is understood as a betrayal of values that are considered to be vital in maintaining 바카라사이트 current order. Yet 바카라사이트se books also reflect a deep if unrecognised doubt about 바카라사이트 values 바카라사이트y seek to advance. Such heavy issues, however, should not daunt unfamiliar readers. The two novels are both a lot of fun – and it is easy to skip 바카라사이트ir ponderous moralising.”
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