哈克歷險記

I think I could have enjoyed this book. And when I actually sat down to read it, I did. But I would never be really exited to pick it up. So while I did enjoy the plot, and will now understand all of the references I see on pinterest. I will not be reading it again. I do, however, like how Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) wrote the story, it created more of a way to hear the separate characters voices in my head. So I will read more of his books, but I will likely not be reading this again.

"Douglansin leski otti Huckin pojakseen tehdäkseen tästä sivistyneen. Isäukko puolestaan antoi Huckille selkään." Tästä käynnistyy kertomus neljätoistavuotiaasta Huck Finnistä ja hänen purjehduksestaan omatekoisella lautalla alas Missisippiä, hänen mustasta ystävästään Jimistä sekä monista Jokivanhuksella seilaavista ja sen varrella asuvista Etelän ihmisistä.

Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer; when together, these lads are up to no good. Apart, they are more or less capable of expressing that which their chaotic union often conceals. Huck Finn, for one, is given in this second book the prominence. It is his narrative and story this time, but also that of Jim, of white men and slaves, of honest deeds and rogues, of feuds and useless deaths, of broken families and abandoned sons; in a word, of the South.In this continuation of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn's adventures, Twain had reached the height of satire and double entendre in his portrayal of the southern counties. Huck Finn's desire to do "wrong," and commit "evil" deeds, and go to the "evil place" after death form a comical portrayal of a community who had erred to the extremity of being corrected and humbled by a mere child, who knew right from wrong with nothing but instincts to guide him.Thus, the whole plot is a continual contrast of Huck's judgement and thoughts with those of his community. And while the curiously innocent yet cunning lad thinks he is at fault in regard to social decorum and moral behavior, it is his elders who are erring beyond retrieve.The friendship between Jim and Huck Finn emphasizes the futility and unnaturalness of racism. Being raised by a community of slave owners, Huck had acquired the notions of his elders but only in theory. When it came to practice, his own instincts made him a better judge of human nature, and prompted him to help Jim, come what might.The story dwells on the misfortunes of an abandoned child as well. Huck had been deserted by his mother, and thrown into the clutches of an abusive father, who was often absent from the life of his son. Consequently, Huck had been alienated from his peers, and grew up in an almost fictional world, where like Peter Pan he was isolated in a haven of his own making. His companions were his playmates, his food was to be had by fishing or "borrowing" while his house was the whole forest and the bosom of any tree on the land. This was by no means a healthy state of affairs, for the boy had been psychologically crippled in regard to the company of other people whom he could by no means bear. But his narrative is one of development and progress. The Huck Finn of earlier days in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer could not even read. The one which which we are now acquainted can even write a memoir. Therefore, his deficiencies in any direction are far from final or detrimental, for he is continually changing for the better.