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.
