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A review by jackdziatkowiec
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
adventurous
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
The irony is strong with this one.
The first thing that shocked me was the archaic and offensive language. It's in total opposition to the message of the story. Two people from different background who find themselves in the same circumstance and must rely on each other to survive, and realize they have more in common than not.
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi. They meet two other travellers and form a theater troupe. They put on shitty shows in towns they come across and try to swindle the villagers out of their money. Huck does his best to thwart their plans.
By and by, Jim is captured and sold into slavery, but just in time, Tom Sawyer shows up to save the day ...and ruins everything.
Instead of helping Jim escape, Tom keeps him chained up, because he thinks it's fun to be a prisoner. Jim should try to enjoy it.
This third act of the book ruins every anti-slavery message it was working towards.
Tom Sawyer's IQ dropped significantly in this book. Maybe because it's written from the perspective of Huck Finn. Similarly, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is from Tom's perspective, and Huck was the dumb one. Funny how perspective shifts your view of the world and the people in it. Both of them think the other is an idiot.
The first thing that shocked me was the archaic and offensive language. It's in total opposition to the message of the story. Two people from different background who find themselves in the same circumstance and must rely on each other to survive, and realize they have more in common than not.
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi. They meet two other travellers and form a theater troupe. They put on shitty shows in towns they come across and try to swindle the villagers out of their money. Huck does his best to thwart their plans.
By and by, Jim is captured and sold into slavery, but just in time, Tom Sawyer shows up to save the day ...and ruins everything.
Instead of helping Jim escape, Tom keeps him chained up, because he thinks it's fun to be a prisoner. Jim should try to enjoy it.
This third act of the book ruins every anti-slavery message it was working towards.
Tom Sawyer's IQ dropped significantly in this book. Maybe because it's written from the perspective of Huck Finn. Similarly, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is from Tom's perspective, and Huck was the dumb one. Funny how perspective shifts your view of the world and the people in it. Both of them think the other is an idiot.