The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Summary: Huck Finn Review
Review: Looking for a good book to read? Well, just pick this one up, because The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a great book. This is a very interesting piece of literature and is not like anything else I have ever read. Listen and you'll see why. This book is written in first person, and the story is told from the view of Huck Finn, a twelve or thirteen year old child of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The English used by Mr. Twain does not seem very good. He meant to write in this way, though, to give it a little more southern flavor and sound like a young teenager. The language itself makes the story interesting, and somewhat of a challenge to try and figure out what the characters are saying. Some words used, even in the first couple of pages, are "whippowill", "didn'", "gwyne", and "sumf'n". As you can see, Twain is very good at speaking in old American and southern talk. Another aspect of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the satire Twain uses. This helps us learn about the people of the time, as well as add to the entertainment value of the book by showing things that we find ignorant, which can be funny. Twain also uses satire to show weaknesses in society and look to make a point. Twain criticizes how gullible people are, how you can't trust everyone, and how some things that could be easily done are overdone. The gullibility of people keeps coming up in the book. First, they don't see the capability of everyone, especially the young. This can be seen on page 33 where Huck portrays himself as dead after using an ax and a pig to put the cabin in ruins with blood and his hair. Another instance is in Chapter 21. Huck dresses up as a girl and goes into a cabin to get some things for Jim and him. He calls himself "Sarah Williams", and even when he slips and calls himself "Mary", the lady still has no clue. Finally, she figures it out, but it takes her a while. A third and the most noticeable instance of how people are gullible is on page 132. The duke and the king, two people that come along with Huck and Jim, hold a play of Shakespeare. "To be, or not to be; that is the bare bodkin, That makes calamity of so long life...." The audience was wowed by these words, and have no idea that they aren't really reading Shakespeare except a little here and there. This also shows that you can't trust everyone you come in contact with. The last aspect that makes this story interesting is all the motifs in it. A motif is an idea, phrase, object, or element that keeps appearing in a story. In Huck Finn, the motifs are money, superstition, trust, and freedom. Money keeps occurring in the story. There is a reward for Jim and Pap, Huck's dad, Huck and Tom Sawyer find $6,000, he goes and sees a couple of wealthy families, and the foursome, with the duke and the king, try to raise money. Superstition happens with Jim. Huck goes to Jim to hear about his dad, Huck and Tom play superstitious tricks on Jim, and there are a number of other occurrences. Huck wants to have freedom from everyone and the town and Jim wants to be free from slavery. Trust, as I already mentioned, is a big motif. Characters find that they can't trust each other. These motifs are interesting because we all want money and want to see how people earn it, superstition is interesting to see if it is right, and we would like to know what kind of people we can trust. Also, the motifs keep us interested in the story by seeing if we can understand what they are talking about and by them giving clues to help us read the book, while at the same time keeping it challenging. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a good, well thought out, and plot-filled book. It is as good as anything I've ever read and you will have fun reading it. If you don't read anything else, read this because it is worth it.

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Summary: Exciting and Fun!
Review: I wasn't too looking forward to the reading Huck Finn at first, particularly after glancing at the dialect of the first couple pages, but once I got started and more used to how the characters spoke, I loved the tale! Huck Finn is an extremely well-written novel that uses silly situations to explain how living was back then, and how slaves were treated. Jim is in the beginning of the book coming across as the stereotype of a slave, but as the novel continues, you really begin to see the real person, not just how Jim was "supposed" to be... Also, throughout the book, you see Huck mature and begin to get his own mind; among other things, Huck develops his own set of morals different from those of society... The Adventures of Huck Finn is a funny, exciting, and at times sweet book that everyone should have the chance to read... :):)

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Summary: Horrible
Review: This book was a profound disappointment. It offered nothing in the way of plot, characters, or theme. It is a long, painstaking, tedious read. Don't bother with this book.

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Summary: Two Unlikely Friends
Review: When I read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain in high school, it was possibly the first book I enjoyed that was assigned by a teacher. Twain's imagery puts the reader right beside Huck while he escapes 'sivilization' and floats down the Mississippi river with his slave-gone-fugitive friend Jim. Huck's innocent outlook on the world is both humorous and adorable. Huck's respect for Jim is admirable. Even though Huck was brought up with Jim being a inferior slave, he still looks up to Jim. Also, I think that although Jim's dialect adds to the effectiveness of the book, it is very difficult to understand. I think Twain writes it a little too much how the dialect sounds. I would recommend this book to anyone. It offers plenty of excitement and surprises.

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Summary: Huckleberry Finn is a great American Novel....
Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, a sequel to Mark Twain's other famous novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is a classic American Literature that is dated back during the pre-civil war era. This book is about a young boy named Jim. This book has many plot twists to keep the reader busy while unfolding Twain's real motives through this book. The word "nigger" was just a way for Twain to make his world come to life. Although people think the usage of this word is vulgar and racist, it is a must to read this book and to find it for yourself why this book is highly against slavery. Mark Twain also gave each character their own style of speech to fit there characteristics and intellect. Mark uses this journey of Jim and Huck to emphasize some of his themes and morals that he wanted to teach the readers. Such morals are that of racism and slavery when Huck befriends Jim, a slave, and lies and cons, which is shown through the characters of Duke and Dauphin. If you like The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or any other pre-civil war era books, than you are sure to like this great adventure. I personally give this book a four out of five stars.

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Summary: very exciting and suspenseful
Review: I had previously read the book "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" during a project in third grade. I grew up very close to St. Petersburg, Missouri, where the story takes place. This made the story more interesting because I know what the area is like. I could not comprehend the story as well then as I now can, and it was fascinating to reread. It was also much better this time because I was not being forced to read it in class.

The story held my focus throughout, and I found it hard to put the book down. I loved the constant action of the book. The boys were always coming up with sly or cunning ideas, as they had done in the prequel. It was quite humorous, while still creating a great deal of suspense and drama. It gives people who have grown up in recent years a chance to imagine what it would be like to grow up at the turn of the century. That is probably my favorite aspect of the book. It has an overabundance of action while remaining very believable and somewhat realistic.

The main characters are my favorite part of this series of books. Huck is my favorite character because he overcomes so much adversity. He could very easily give up on life after what he put up with against his father, but continued to aspire a good life elsewhere. Also, he acted as an older brother figure for Tom and taught him a lot during their experiences. I also admire Tom because he shares in Huck's action, as well as teaches him to be booksmart. They do well in complimenting each other. They also are very cunning but stay within their morals, and I admire that. Jim is an example of how the boys were far ahead of their time and befriended not only a black man, but a slave. They were very mature, despite ignorance because of their young age. None of the main characters ever seemed to be selfish when it came to helping each other; they would always put their neck on the line for one another.

Overall, I loved this book, and would suggest it to anyone. I do think, however, that males would enjoy it more than females simply because the adventures tend more to a male imagination, but it can be enjoyed by all readers.

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Summary: "Alright, then, I'll go to hell" - and tore it up
Review: a amazing masterpiece of american literature. I hate people who discredit it by saying its a racist book, by no means was it racist besides the use of the N word alot ( but that was how the southeners talked at that time ). the story many centers on how huck is struggling to help free a slave named Jim who is running away for freedom, and throughout it huck realizes its the right thing to do, even if it means going to hell for it ( so hence the quote above ). and its not only about slavery and racism, it also deals with child abuse, deceitful robbers pretending to be preachers fortune tellers and people like that, the horrors and stupidity of feuds, and also tries to tie in some light hearted good old fashion Tom and Huck type humor to keep hope alive for the characters in the book. Overall this book is basically about the horrors of human hatred and how its wrong, its supposed to be a eye opener to people to change their ways and see the truth of the matters such as racism for what they are. not at all racist, deserves way more than 5 stars, and one of the best classic books ever. A MUST HAVE

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Summary: Huck Finn
Review: I felt that this was generaly a good novel. I really enjoyed the life of huck fin. He is a very creative charctor and very inteligent. I like how he has the ability to set up a life, not be fully satisfied with it and decide to just run away and leave every thing behind.
Not only is Huckleberry Finn an adventurous book, it also can be comical and light, though the book has a grave meaning, showing the wrongs in society at the time in the late 19th century. This book was also very good at showing you what life was like at the time. It shows how life was much simpler then.
On a negative side i did not like how the book focused so much on racism. I do not reading about it and i would say that it strongly influinces this book. It does provide some good moral value on the subject though.
Huck gets a lot done in the short period of time that the book is baised on. Huck is adopted by the well-intentioned but way too overprotective Widow Douglas(needless to say, Huck is none too pleased with the widow's attempts to turn him into an upstanding citizen). Because of this he runs away and soon after finds himself living with his abusive fauther. He enjoys this at first but eventully decides that the abuse is enough. So again he runs away and this is where he meets jim. Jim is a runaway slave and togeather as outcasts they become best friends.
I would definitly reccomend this book to any age level. Even thew it can get boring at times it is worth it to keep goign for the action. I wish i would have read The adventures of tom sawyer first i feel like it would have given me a greater understanding of this book.

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Summary: The classic rebel
Review: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", as well as "Tom Sawyer" are a throw back to when life was simpler, when right and wrong were as simple as black and white, and there is no gray. When Huck and Tom are playing at the river or in the woods, reminds me of my own childhood. Also the superstitions are funny, but realistic for that kind of ignorant kids to believe in. Jim's "superstition" is more like watching birds for weathetr patterns, which is real fronieer skills back then. The story is that Huck Finn runs away from his abusive father. Along the way he helps Jim the slave escape. The two form a close friendship and that helps them get through several adventures; some funny and some some what scary. I will always love these books, but "Huckleberry Finn" is the best because it's a road trip, or rather a raft trip down the Mississippi River. This one also is more of a social commentery on the cruelty of Christian civilization, and the nobility and honor of the untamed savage.

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Summary: Wow thats funny.
Review: I swear i never saw the word nigger so many times in a book. And it was a real hoot to. I Couldnt help but laugh...everytime they made mention of a nigger. somthin about the ignorance of it is funny i guess On a serious note it Is a very good read, and it speaks alot about the ignorance of the times. Somthing that we need to face lest history repeat itself.

I was fascinated with the open and blatant use of racial slurrs which are never heard in our polictically correct society today. And the way the language of the early african americans is depicted like "I laid dah under the shavins all day. I uz hungry warn't afeared bekase I knowed ole missus en de widder was goin to start for de camp meetin."

I like it when these books are rewritten exactly as they are and not edited as so many historical things are so as not to "offend" anyone. A rousing and funny fictional story set in the back drop of actual historical surroundings. Its a fine read for all.