The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Published by Dreamscape Media.

ISBN:
978-1-62406-919-2
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children, adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck” Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave. ate a ton of nothing and almost died a couple hundred times. As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story, however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme throughout the book is Huck’s internal struggle between what he has been taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly believes, that Jim …

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Review of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' on 'Goodreads'

Gdzieś w blogosferze, może też na samym Goodreadsie przeczytałem, jakoby Huckleberry Finn był powieścią „antyrasistowską”. W podobnym tonie została przygotowana przedmowa do mojego Penguinowego wydania, w której to wielokrotnie podkreślano przełomowość samej książki w kwestii traktowania Czarnych. Wskazano, jak to sama powieść tuż po samej publikacji była wielokrotnie wstrzymywana w dystrybucji czy zakazywana w bibliotekach, lecz nie ze względu na samą postępowość w kwestii podejścia do traktowania Czarnych czy samej instytucji niewolnictwa, lecz tylko z powodu niepoprawnego użycia języka czy opisów niezwykłej przebojowości i zuchwałych czynów samego Hucka, sprowadzających na złą drogę inne białe dzieci, w których to rękach ten Huck w jakiś sposób by się znalazł.

Oczywiście, łatwo stawiając jakiekolwiek zarzuty wobec ksiązki napisanej w XIX wieku na południu Stanów Zjednoczonych można być posądzony o anachronizm. Należy przyjrzeć się kilku kwestiom i jedynie zadawać pytania.

Czy rzeczywiście potrzebnym zabiegiem był ten n-word, używany ponad 200 razy na obszarze całej …

Review of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' on 'Goodreads'

I get the importance of this book, but it doesn't make me like it anymore. I tried it in print and gave up. Then I listened to it, but couldn't really pay close attention. The dialect drove me crazy, along with the constant use of the "n" word. Plus, if you asked me if I'd like to read a book about some guys floating down the Mississippi in the 19th century on a raft having adventures, I would absolutely not be interested. I do understand why a book written not too long after the Civil War about a runaway slave being helped to freedom by a white boy must have been remarkable, but it just wasn't for me. I read Percival Everett's book James immediately afterward, and liked it way more than the original.

Review of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' on 'Goodreads'

A really good read, much better than Tom Sawyer. It was funnier and more heartfelt than Tom, with a character who thought he wasn't any good but really was a great kid, despite his challenges. Catching up late on these two classics, but this one had way more memorable characters and told a more interesting story.

It's biggest drawback was that it was a "quest" story. I am not a big fan of quest stories. These are usually the domain of fantasy or science fiction, so the author can throw all kinds of disconnected but "interesting" vignettes at you. They never seem to hang together all that well for me, and don't tell a cohesive story. It is kind of like a dream sequence, where there are no repercussions or any need for connections as the story goes along.

So I often find it hard to pay attention. This …

Review of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' on 'Goodreads'

A bloody good adventure, Huck is the man, he hunts, can read the river well, when stuck in a dire situation he is calm as a cucumber and will swim down to the river bed to avoid a steam boat wheel and his final gift is the ability to weave a story at a moments notice.

Then you got Jim, a runaway slave, made out to be a bit slow like all slaves were considered turns out to be a bright spark with as much wit about him as Huck has.

The third character appears in the last third of the book, the mighty Tom Sawyer himself. The guy is a genius of madness. You gotta feel sorry for Jim for having to put up with Tom's schemes, but at least he is game to go along with them.

There seems to be a lot of complaint about the racism …

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