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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Well I've a mind to set this whole review down in the style of the book, seeing as you do find yourself immersed in it considerable. And it puts me in mind of my own grandma powerful easy, seeing she was herself born in the south in 1916, and I tell you, books from that time is just about the nearest I ever come to hearing her voice again. Now my grandmother warn't rough, she carried herself fine and proper-like, and this book is written such that sounds mighty uneducated, but they had patterns of speech and little sayings sure I ain't heard since I was a kid scamping at my grandma's hem.
Okay anyway
Mark Twain, the humorist and satirist, made this book much more humorous and satirical compared to its predecessor Tom Sawyer. And it's progressive for its time, which is to say the protagonists are a runaway slave and a scoundrelous son of the town drunk, but the plot relies constantly on the histrionics and naivety of every woman in the book, and the main character struggles with what he perceives as the immoral decision to free a slave showing that he understood his innate humanity after spending time with him, but the book is peppered with flashes of searing racism, overt and aggressive from some but still present and internalized in all the others.
I left Tom Sawyer wondering why it's considered a staple in American literature history, and I assumed this would be the same; this book, while in turns silly and slapstick, earns its place in that canon and illuminates class, religion, linguistics, and culture in the American South as it was at this time and as it would evolve.
Okay anyway
Mark Twain, the humorist and satirist, made this book much more humorous and satirical compared to its predecessor Tom Sawyer. And it's progressive for its time, which is to say the protagonists are a runaway slave and a scoundrelous son of the town drunk, but the plot relies constantly on the histrionics and naivety of every woman in the book, and the main character struggles with what he perceives as the immoral decision to free a slave showing that he understood his innate humanity after spending time with him, but the book is peppered with flashes of searing racism, overt and aggressive from some but still present and internalized in all the others.
I left Tom Sawyer wondering why it's considered a staple in American literature history, and I assumed this would be the same; this book, while in turns silly and slapstick, earns its place in that canon and illuminates class, religion, linguistics, and culture in the American South as it was at this time and as it would evolve.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This might be described as a ripping yarn- a boys adventure story. I’m afraid I mostly found it irritating.
This book is such a wonderful piece of literature in history. It was groundbreaking with it's satirical methods. I also really enjoyed Huck Finn as a character. He made you feel like you wanted to just give him a hug and protect him from all the bad things of the world. I loved following him through his journeys and adventures that he had. I also thought Jim was a wonderful character, having good qualities but overlooked because of his skin color. It is something that still sometimes happens and needs to be acknowledged. This book was a strong and powerful novel to read and I really appreciate it in our American Literature history.
I would give this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars. Grade: A
I would give this book a 4.5 out of 5 stars. Grade: A
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes