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Summary: Surprise: This book has meaning
Review: This book is the American classic. It isn't simply a children's book, or a simple adventure tale, but a vision of a battle between individuality and conformity through the eyes of one of the greatest characters in American literature. The point that this book is racist is absurd. In fact, it is quite the opposite, with Twain indicating that it is more natural for Huck and Jim to be equals. Every time Huck stops along the river and enters a town, Twain satirizes the faults and gullibility of society. The ending is there to provide a sharp contrast between Huck, a strong individual and a realist, and Tom, a total conformist and a romantic. Overall, this book is a pivotal piece in American literature, and most of the points made in the book still hold true today.
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Summary: The race card.
Review: It seems that everybody's initial reaction after reading Huck Finn is to debate if Twain was a racist or not. It's a pity because such a debate takes away from the greatness of the book. Was he a racist? I don't know, I never met the man. History and his own writing would seem to support that he was. Do I think any less of him, despite my opinion that he might have been racist? Not in the least. His racism was born out of a time when racism was the norm and rooted more in fear and culture rather than hate. Perhaps ignorance would be a better term, but I dare not call this man ignorant. I really don't think he was a mean hearted man, but being nice doesn't exclude one for being a racist. Read the book, you may form a different opinion.
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Summary: Huckleberry Finn is fun!!
Review: Hello Fellow Readers!!!You should read Huckleberry Finn if you enjoy excitement, adventure, fun, and reading! It's all of this and a bit of Tom Sawyer mixed into one novel by Mark Twain. The adventures begin when Huck leaves his guardian, the widow, and takes a raft on the Mississipi, where he meets up with a slave named Jim. Jim and Huck haves lots of fun. It's really exciting for the younger generation due to how they are just boys and they have these great adventures. The writing is a bit hard to get used to due to how phentic everything is. Also, it shows how living in the past was, and how simple everything was. The book is quite excellent, and I enjoyed it very much. I give it an A+ because it is written is darn well. If you like books, you'll like this one. -Stevey
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Summary: A flawed, but powerful, masterpiece
Review: Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" holds a rightful place as one of the enduring monuments of United States literature. It's also a book that continues to be both entertaining and controversial (two qualities that not all "classics" have). I must admit: as much as I admire and am enriched by this novel, I also find its final chapters to be not wholly satisfying. Twain is brilliant in that the heroes of this book, set in the pre-Civil War American South, are two of the most marginalized members of that society: Huck, a poor white boy whose single parent is an abusive alcoholic father; and Jim, an escaped African-American slave. Their relationship is beautifully written; Twain's vision of an interracial friendship is a significant milestone in U.S. literature, and is comparable to such relationships in Cooper's "Last of the Mohicans" and Melville's "Moby Dick." Twain depicts Jim as a master of African-American folk traditions. Twain evokes the vernacular speech of the American south; this literary technique has been continued by generations of U.S. writers, both black and white. Twain's merry riffs on Shakespeare are also worthy of note. I also continue to be fascinated by Twain's analysis of the twisted interrelationship among racism, institutional Christianity, and oppressive biblical interpretation. In my opinion, the novel's weak link is the plot material revolving around Huck's pal Tom Sawyer. Tom is a wonderful character, but his antics seem out of place in the structure of the narrative, and ultimately cheapen the arc of the story. Despite its problematic aspects, however, "Huckleberry Finn" is one of the truly indispensable classics of the American canon. It is a crucial junction in a literary tapestry that immediately encompasses such works as "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass," Alice Walker's "The Color Purple," and many other great books. If you haven't yet read Huck Finn, put aside any preconceptions you might have and discover the book for yourself; if you've already read it, read it again.
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Summary: Mark Twain's wonderful book
Review: As a general reader, I recommend this book to everyone. It would be the best for those people who love adventure books and the sense of escaping pathway. By using vivid descriptive langue, the author successfully guide his readers through some very beautiful landscapes and dangerous situations. Readers not only could see themselves following the two main characters through their difficult journey, but also could move with them toward their destination, Freedom of Slavery.
This was a required book in my 11th grade. Just by looking at it, I already felt sleepy. When I began to read the first pages, I felt worse. I did not understand one thing. The reason for it was, I did not read the book "The adventures of Tom Sawyer." The first couple pages in Huckleberry Finn is like the second part of Tom Sawyer. After that, the story getting more interesting and there is no more confusing , I was so into it. I finish it with the fastest reading rate ever.
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Summary: The advenger of Huckleberry Finn
Review: Huckleberry Finn was a story about a boy who was an orfan. He lived with a widow and his father was not very nice to him .One day he snuck out of his house and ran away andfound a firend. I thought this was a good book.
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Summary: Surprising
Review: As a young child, I had tried to read Huck Finn, and being a girl, was totally bored with it. Recently, however, my English class required me to read it and I was wonderfully surprised. This book actually had a meaning! It wasn't just an adventure tale. It was about racism, equality, reality, and I enjoyed it.
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Summary: Dick Hill Book on Tape edition
Review: I ordered this so I wouldn't have to read the entire book aloud to my class, and they wouldn't have to read it aloud either. You have to have a balance control on your tape player, or no dice. I don't have a balance control, so I had to unplug first the left and then the right speaker to listen to this. That's the only way they could get the entire novel onto four tapes! Mr. Hill reads a lot slower than I do, for effect I guess, so we won't listen to this much. Maybe just when I am sick of reading aloud! But it is nice to have so when I need a substitute, he or she can just pop the tape in and not have to worry about covering the reading for that day.
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Summary: A Little Short Of Excellent
Review: This book gives you a whole new perspective of the world and civilization. It is very unique. It got a bit confusing at some parts, that is why it is not a 5. Mark Twain did an excellent job of portraying this particular time in history. He was very enlightening and subtle in how he wrote the metaphors. This book will have you thinking for a while. However, take your time in reading it. It is important to understand every well written word
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Summary: Racist literature? no WAY!
Review: I can never understand why some people consider "Huckleberry Finn" to be a racist novel. It had the exact opposite effect on me. I read this book when I was about 13 years old. Being brought up in a lilly-white suburb, I was a blatant racist. I had no direct contact with black people; I only knew what I heard from friends. Reading "Huckleberry Finn" made me understand the historical prejudices that people had against black people and how it held them back. It turned my views on blacks completely around, and I still vividly remember the arguments I had with my friends about race after I read this book.
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