Huck Finn was a great novel. I couldn't help but fall in love with Huck. Sure he seems bad at first -joining gangs doesn't always make the best first impression- but as the story moves along you find out that he has a real set of morals and values. I think what was so enticing about Huck was his innocence. We as the readers discover the world just as he does, new and free from preconceived biases. With each decision Huck comes upon we get an objective view and see how each interaction shapes Huck's values. This allows the reader to not only travel along the plot's progression, but also along Huck's moral progression as he begins to decide what he really values. As a reader I ended up rooting for Huck (with my amazing cheer leading skillz), hoping he would make the right decisions.
I knew the book was written as a satire, but I struggled to find it (unless you find abusive parents, neglected slaves and family feuds humorous) when I first began the book. The satire really picked up when Huck meets the conmen as they scam people off and steal their inheritance. The climax was definitely freeing Jim as Tom -not exactly the smartest cookie in the world- managed to reduce the escape to utter insanity. As I look back i realize that the book was also a satire on slavery. Jim was free the whole time and yet he was still dressed up like an Arab, bitten by snakes, hunted down by the town all while having his escape prolonged by days and almost becoming an amputee! Silliness aside, I think Twain does this to point out that Jim -who ends up giving up his freedom to save Tom- is just as human as anybody else, and the fact that he could be subordinated was perhaps even more absurd than the whole novel itself.
Overall I really enjoyed Huck Finn. I really became attached to the characters and the novel had touching ending. (Shout out to my 3 Russian viewers привет!!)
I knew the book was written as a satire, but I struggled to find it (unless you find abusive parents, neglected slaves and family feuds humorous) when I first began the book. The satire really picked up when Huck meets the conmen as they scam people off and steal their inheritance. The climax was definitely freeing Jim as Tom -not exactly the smartest cookie in the world- managed to reduce the escape to utter insanity. As I look back i realize that the book was also a satire on slavery. Jim was free the whole time and yet he was still dressed up like an Arab, bitten by snakes, hunted down by the town all while having his escape prolonged by days and almost becoming an amputee! Silliness aside, I think Twain does this to point out that Jim -who ends up giving up his freedom to save Tom- is just as human as anybody else, and the fact that he could be subordinated was perhaps even more absurd than the whole novel itself.
Overall I really enjoyed Huck Finn. I really became attached to the characters and the novel had touching ending. (Shout out to my 3 Russian viewers привет!!)
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