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Summary: A work of art
Review: This book is very funny, adventurous & creative. Seen as if out of the eyes of the mischievious Huck. Defidentily worth reading. This book is a classic for a reason. A must read for any one looking for a fun read
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Summary: And Adventures They Are....
Review: Mark Twain has done a spetacullar job creating the character of Huck Finn. Huckleberry Finn is developed into a wonderful character, and the book is full of many elements of high drama, starting with Huck's escape from his wicked father, and going on to a series of adventures with the runaway slave named Jim. Along the way, he meets an assortment of memorable characters, including a murderous feuding family and a couple of con men. He even gets to meet up again with his old friend, Tom Sawyer. All of these characters have a lesson to teach or a moral to show the reader. You won't realize it though, which is one of the main reasons the story still remains enjoyable.This book has a long history of being banned in schools because of its depiction of Jim, as well as the liberal use of the "n" word that will always make my skin crawl, to describe African Americans. However, reading of the book will quickly show you that the author had a deep rooted dislike for slavery and the treatment of African-Anericans during his lifetime. Why else would the character Jim keep his dignity throughout while the white men are shown as cruel and or foolish? The character of Jim also shows that he has a big heart and the reader cannot help but want his story to end well. Jim is only one of the characters that I mentioned earlier that will teach the reader without the reader being aware. I loved this book much to my surprise and found it very hard to put it down. If a person reads nothing else in life but one or two books, this should be one of them.
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Summary: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was one of the best books that I have read in a long time. The way the Huck lives his life is very interesting in ways that I can relate. Whether Huck is sneaking out of the house or talking to his best friends about big plans they have, it all makes sense to me. Mark Twain did an excelent job with all the characters and how they all have different problems at home or with some of their friends. He also shined in this book when he came up with all the ideas for the kids to get in trouble with, like starting a gang or running away and taking off down the river and getting caught up with con artists. In my opinion the best part of the book is right off the start when the Widow adopts Huck and tries to clean him up and get him to study and learn new things, and huck wants absolutely nothing to do with any of it. Then right when Huck gets to the point of losing it, he runs off until Tom tells him to come back so they can start their new robbery gang, which meant that Huck must return. When Huck returns the Widow Douglass' sister Miss Watson is living their now with Huck and the widow and the head servant Jim. Overall, I would have to say the this book was very well written and explained and I would have to give this book 4 out of 5 possible stars for my grade. So if you like funny books with some action in them, this book is for you.
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Summary: A great book
Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a fun book to read. I liked the adventures he had with his friend Jim. I really liked the historical part of this novel. Since Jim was a runaway slave everything in the book changed. They both had to be carful not to be seen by anyone, so as not to be suspicious. I think that was my favorite part. I found it very hard for me to understand the dialect or language. Because of this it made it hard for me to get into the book. All in all I think this was a great book to read and give it 4 stars.
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Summary: High Adventure
Review: Mark Twain's seminal novel is a fine tale of high adventure, calamity, and profitable chatter. Gives you a good sense to recall your moments as a youngster, and jump right into a sense-making kids head. Huck Finn, abused by his pop and dog-tired of being "sivilized" by his Aunt, decides to pick his feet up and thrust out on the Mississippi for adventure. Faking his own death, to prevent his pop and other folk from giving him a good chasin', Huck hops aboard a raft and sets himself free. Jim, a slave Huck knows, takes to running from his owner. Eventually Huck and Jim decide to travel together (even though Huck suffers from pangs of conscience that explain that things like aiding a runaway slave are a clear path straight to hell) and head straight for Orleans--the place where Jim can claim his freedom, it not being a slave owning area. Along the way, Huck and Jim have a might good time finding heaps of adventure. This includes a Duke, not really a Duke at all, and a King, who is also not much of a real King, who are bonafide rapscallions set on defrauding the world of all of their possessions. All the while, Huck and Jim manage just fine, with an eventual ending that is happier than most. The book is as ironic as its author, and as subtly humorous and satirical of religion, 'society', being well-bred, and so on, as you could expect and hope for. Huck just can't understand what all the fuss is about with respect to things like religion, for instance. His view is that it wouldn't profit him to go to heaven anyway if folk like his Aunt were there to bother him. All the hoopla seems plain old misplaced. The contrast to this is Huck and Jim's devout belief in what the rest of us would consider naked superstition. All manner of things portend of bad luck in the novel. From touching a snakeskin to spilling salt to looking over your left shoulder at the moon, the whole lot of it is marked with the certainty of future ills. These superstitions seem to make a lot of sense to Huck who concludes that Jim must know quite a bit about such things. Each prophesy is, of course, fully revealed--being ambiguous enough to stick a cow through. "Bad luck" will be the consequence--of what sort and what kind they never say. Which is why such beliefs tend to last. Anything ambiguous enough can be read into, and confirmed. Thus being bit by a rattlesnake is what you get for touching a snakeskin. And having a hairy chest will certainly result in being wealthy--especially when wealth is defined broadly to cover both actual wealth, and relative wealth and, one supposes, emotional or spiritual wealth. Both Jim and Huck, however, hold it up as truth unconfounded and of the highest certainty. The comparison here to religion seems, in my eyes, to be somewhat obvious. The convictions of a Christian being compared to those of a superstitious and child-like lot. To Huck, the things that make a mountain of sense are a paradigm the rest of us easily sink into. The language, a crippled Southern dialect from back in the day, is addictive enough to irritate the people you are close to (just ask Ollivia, my girlfriend, what she thinks of my drawl and she'll tell ya she ain't glad about it one bit, I reckon). In conclusion, the book is a fine tale. A thread and yarn worthy of the praise and reputation heaped on it by others.
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Summary: American Classic....?
Review: Huckleberry Finn is an American classic. I'm sure you have heard this a thousand times but I took it upon myself to find out the truth behind this statement. In my readings I found that the term classic was nearly an understatement. In this brilliant piece by Mark Twain you find young Huckleberry Finn and his Companion Jim being a little more then mischievous. They find their way traveling down the Mississippi by raft. They travel mostly by night, trying to avoid being caught. However they manage to find themselves in many troublesome situations.
I really liked this book for a few reasons. One I feel like I can relate to Finn in my childhood, although I didn't have the family problems at home I was very adventurous and curious of the world around me. Second the way that Twain uses the interesting world view of Finn to tell the story makes it not only easy to follow but adds humor to the story at the same time.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventures, humor or just likes to read for that matter.
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Summary: A book as American as baseball and jazz
Review: If at some point in your life you haven't read this book then you must have come from another planet. I've personally read it as both a child, a teen & as an adult and it still has lost none of it's punch. The witty narration of Huck and Jim's adventures are truly a timeless tale. Twain is not only making fun of Huck and himself, but also the reader. After all, how many 12 year old boys in literature have captured the imaginations of so many worldwide over a span of more than one hundred years...? The charges by some libraries and school districts over the years of racism is itself ludicrous and narrow-minded. Twain is merely using the dialect and voice of his times rather than making harsh judgements about blacks. None of his other works come anywhere close to the scope and entertainment value of this one, but we as readers are fortunate to have it. Huck and Jim's journey down the mighty Mississippi river is no less than a metaphor for the journey of the U.S., it's changing culture, and it's indigenous people at large. T.A.O.H.F is especially fun as a summer read. The overall development of characters (and there are many here) also strikes me as exceptional. The beauty and lasting value of this work will surely last far into generations yet to come. More than being a simple work for the young, this book reaches out to the big kid in all of us.
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Summary: Give it try
Review: I can honestly say that this was a great book. I strongly advise that if you are into adventurous books then you should give this book a try. Just the idea of running away from your old life to make a new one is so appealing to me. Sorry I'm getting ahead of myself here. You see Huck was living in a foster home, because his deadbeat dad abandoned him. I guess that you could say that it was a comfortable life, but it wasn't quite comfortable by Huck's standards (I think there was too much bathing involved). Then along comes his dad and suddenly he's living with him again. That wasn't very fun at all because Huck's father is a bit insane so Huck just up and leaves one day. He ends up traveling down the Mississippi. That's when the adventures start. He meets up with a couple of con artists, two feuding families, and travels the whole way with a runaway slave who becomes his best friend. Believe me this book is great stuff. Give it a try, even if you only read the first five or ten pages, I have a feeling you'll like it.
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Summary: I know why this book is a classic...
Review: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a GREAT novel by Mark Twain. It's about a boy, "Huck" living in the deep south in the 1800's during the time of slavery. Huck does not fit into the life that is aunt or father or anyone else imagines for him. Instead, he lives a life based upon his everyday adventures. During some parts of this book, I was so excited, I couldn't put it down. During some other parts, I just wanted to fall asleep. The slow parts do pass by quickly and the book is worth your time. This book does contain some politically-incorrect language, but I still highly recommend it.
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Summary: Huck Finn, boring? I think not.
Review: Ernest Hemingway once said 'All American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.' When I first read this on the back of my book, I thought to myself, yeah right, this book is going to be the biggest snore fest, and that I'd be needing a dictionary to get through it. However, once I got into it, Ernest proved me wrong. I found the novel to be filled with just the right touch of humor that offered perspective into what life used to be like. I also felt that this novel was also a bit controversial with its dealing with such topics as racism, slavery, cruelty and injustice. Twain then balanced the controversy with the perfect dosages of friendship and loyalty. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a timeless classic, everyone should read this novel if given the opportunity.
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