The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was not my favorite adventure. At times I could not understand what I was reading, because I could not understand the dialogue. It felt like I was reading something a first grader wrote. I did understand the point of the book. Yes Huck had an adventure, but that was it. Most the of time the "adventure" dragged on to long and I found myself trying not to fall asleep. I think Twain could have written this book in 30 chapters to make it more bareable. Instead he made me want to burn this book. This novel was just not my cup of tea.
Even though I disliked the book very much it was not because it wasn't very well developed. I thought Mark Twain did a good job in forming the characters. He really shows how Huck grows from being an ignorant boy to a more mature young man. I felt that this showed the theme of educational and moral growth in the book. I liked how Twain made all the characters foil into one another. An example is when Huck and Tom are at together. Everytime they got into an adventure I would learn more about each character's personality. I feel that Twain's development of the characters was the only reason I didn't fall asleep.
Something that struck me as important was the relationship between Huck and his father (Pap). Pap was just a worthless drunk and didn't want any good for Huck. I thought it was terrible that Pap wanted Huck to stop going to school. I felt Pap was jealous about how Huck was starting to form morals and better himself, so that is why Pap did everything he could to keep Huck from reaching his potential. I think this relationship was important because there are still problems like this today. I think it shows how even though many things have changed since the Civil War some things may never change. The relationship made me feel blessed to have parents that actually care. All in all I am just happy that I am done reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
You may not have liked the book, but you definitely took something from it. You decision to talk about relationships is interesting. I would like to see specific examples to show how the boys "foil into" one another and examples to support how/why Pap is jealous of Huck. Your idea development is great, now work on drawing in the text to support your ideas. Good first post.
ReplyDeleteIf you felt like you were reading something a first grader wrote, maybe that was intended by Twain.
ReplyDeleteHad this book been written in the 3rd person, I don't think Huck would've been as well developed a character. Because it was "written" by Huck, it allows the reader to fully engage themselves with Huck and his "adventures", the book being titled The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Yes, the diction was, at times, difficult to understand. But the vocabulary, I feel, merely adds to the development of the story- and the development of the characters- which kept you from falling asleep. :)
I thought the reading was a bit difficult, too, but I also think the various dialects played an important role in the story. They give some dimension and reality to the characters, and although sometimes hard to follow, they also made the story a little more interesting, for me at least.
ReplyDeleteI felt it was hard to read the book because some of the time I didnt know what they were saying. "shet de do"... I couldnt figure out what they were trying to say!!! It does give you the feeling of being there and hearing them talk like this though and gives the book that feeling of (I was there.)
ReplyDeleteYou say the book was written as if by a 1st grader, but later say it was well developed? I agree that it was well developed and i agree with the characterization i thought it was great. However i thought that this book was an amazing adventure, it was the adventure of all adventures!I loved this book overall so obviously our opinions will differ.
ReplyDeleteI feel that you thought that this book was to bad for anyone to read, but i really enjoyed it and thought it was very nicely written. It had a great adventure and seemed to just be amazing. Overall I think that Huck and Jim are great characters and the book was excellent.
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