Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

How can you not enjoy Twain at his best. Forget about the time it was written, and remember what he is saying about human relations--the true friendship that springs up between Huck and Jim, how Huck sees Jim as an equal in a society when African Americans were viewed as second-class citizens (This is 1876 after all.)And then there is the irrepressible and irresponsible Tom Sawyer who comes onto...more

How can you not enjoy Twain at his best. Forget about the time it was written, and remember what he is saying about human relations--the true friendship that springs up between Huck and Jim, how Huck sees Jim as an equal in a society when African Americans were viewed as second-class citizens (This is 1876 after all.)And then there is the irrepressible and irresponsible Tom Sawyer who comes onto the seen livening things up, and yet never taking the spotlight away from Huck and Jim.By the end of the story, as Huck is brought into civilization, you know that he'll never stay there because you know he'll always be that 12 year old looking for pirates, gold and adventure just down the old Mississippi River.   hide

Excluding the final chapters of this book (when Tom Sawyer appears), this is possibly the greatest American novel written to date. Debatable, I know, but it is much more fun to read than other nominees, such as the Great Gatsby (blech). The innocence of Huck and Jim in a world of injustice and anger is a reminder to take a second look at the accepted norms of society and to reject them if need...more

Excluding the final chapters of this book (when Tom Sawyer appears), this is possibly the greatest American novel written to date. Debatable, I know, but it is much more fun to read than other nominees, such as the Great Gatsby (blech). The innocence of Huck and Jim in a world of injustice and anger is a reminder to take a second look at the accepted norms of society and to reject them if need be. The social commentary is interwoven well enough to not notice it too much, however, so you can enjoy it even if you're not into that kind of thing.   hide

I read this after the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and was disappointed. Sawyer is definitely a children's book, while this examines much more adult themes, and not in an entertaining children's style. The theme - as I remember from when I was 12 - is that people can get along regardless of race. (Or is that family is whomever you make a part of your family?) The high jinks...more

I read this after the Adventures of Tom Sawyer and was disappointed. Sawyer is definitely a children's book, while this examines much more adult themes, and not in an entertaining children's style. The theme - as I remember from when I was 12 - is that people can get along regardless of race. (Or is that family is whomever you make a part of your family?) The high jinks throughout the story built up Huck's and Jim's time together, and the building of "family". Despite their age difference they wind up having a very close and respectful relationship. This contrasts with the start of the book where Huck's "real" family - his father - is uncaringly using Huck, while "the widder" is concernedly overly protective. Both parent figures result in dysfunctional situations.   hide

I found the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a surprisingly enjoyable read. Although the old Southern language is occasionally difficult to understand, I got used to it after a while and it did not distract from the plot of the book. I think many of the themes were easy to relate to, such as the ideas of independance and standing up for what you believe in. At some point in their life,...more

I found the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a surprisingly enjoyable read. Although the old Southern language is occasionally difficult to understand, I got used to it after a while and it did not distract from the plot of the book. I think many of the themes were easy to relate to, such as the ideas of independance and standing up for what you believe in. At some point in their life, every person has to break free from whatever is holding them back, has to go their own way. Also, Huckleberry Finn is considered to be disobedient and unruly, but everything he does that is against the rules is done with purpose - he is, in reality, a rebel with a cause. I found the character of Huck Finn likeable and admirable, and the book eventful and, at times when it was slightly more slow moving, pleasantly descriptive and a nice change of pace. I would rate this book 9 out of 10 - NINA BOZIC   hide

Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn...more

Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.Though some of the situations in Huckleberry Finn are funny in themselves (the cockeyed Shakespeare production in Chapter 21 leaps instantly to mind), this book's humor is found mostly in Huck's unique worldview and his way of expressing himself. Describing his brief sojourn with the Widow Douglas after she adopts him, Huck says: "After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn't care no more about him, because I don't take no stock in dead people." Underlying Twain's good humor is a dark subcurrent of Antebellum cruelty and injustice that makes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn a frequently funny book with a serious message.   hide

First book I ever read.

i could write a thesis on this book!(well, in fact i did--almost, just 15 pages--for my senior seminar project) but, i'm trying to be "bite-size" here, so let me just say this is one of the best books ever written(even hemingway said there has been nothing as great since). when people say huck is a racist book(because it uses n****r over 200...more

i could write a thesis on this book!(well, in fact i did--almost, just 15 pages--for my senior seminar project) but, i'm trying to be "bite-size" here, so let me just say this is one of the best books ever written(even hemingway said there has been nothing as great since). when people say huck is a racist book(because it uses n****r over 200 times, and for other similar reasons), it just shows they cannot read critically...it is jim's character who is most moral, not the pious preachers and society folk, and this evolves huck to the point of "going to hell for jim." if only we all could have that inner learning and turn our backs on society's "lessons"...   hide

My friend, Huckleberry, would never tell a lie...unless he felt like it. Mark Twain relives his youth on the Mississippi River, when a boy survived by using not so comman sense and bravado. Twain gives us the proper dialog of the times, which guides us through a rather simple story that is complicated by the evironment that surrounds his characters. Huck is someone that I'm seeing now in many of...more

My friend, Huckleberry, would never tell a lie...unless he felt like it. Mark Twain relives his youth on the Mississippi River, when a boy survived by using not so comman sense and bravado. Twain gives us the proper dialog of the times, which guides us through a rather simple story that is complicated by the evironment that surrounds his characters. Huck is someone that I'm seeing now in many of my own grandchildren. A very enjoyable story by one of America's all time greatest writers.   hide

This is the reason why you don't stop writing for several years and then pick it up where you left off without reading your own book first... Huck is a brat (understandably enough, but still) who runs away, gets a reality check, becomes nice, gets a true friend, is going towards having a good life... (Years of Pause) Then meets his old friend, becomes a brat again, locks his...more

This is the reason why you don't stop writing for several years and then pick it up where you left off without reading your own book first... Huck is a brat (understandably enough, but still) who runs away, gets a reality check, becomes nice, gets a true friend, is going towards having a good life... (Years of Pause) Then meets his old friend, becomes a brat again, locks his true friend into a small hut for days and weeks, obeys the guy who oppressed him before and finally decides to escape civilisation. Fuck off, Twain.   hide