Huckleberry Finn

Freedom

Authors Note: This is one of my longer pieces and its a final piece of the book, and its mostly focusing on one thing, but it has little details along the way. I hope you like it!

In every novel there is a main theme, or a critical thought that the author was trying to express. Mark Twain had a  to say in Huckleberry Finn and he was willing to express it. It was time for a change we needed to make.

When Mark Twain was alive and well, he lived in a time when slavery was accepted and not accepted, but when he created this masterpiece, he was in a time when slavery was not accepted. As he wrote in the voice of Huckleberry Finn, he was telling us something. It was a major theme, it was freedom. The freedom of slavery, and the freedom of a young  boy escaping from his abusive father.

Huckleberry Finn had a strong friendship with Jim and they both went down the river to be free. Along the way they had challenges and many difficulties. As these two runaways ventured on, they started to become closer friends, then as the book went on Huck started to treat Jim like an equal. In the end both Jim and Huck end up with a symbolism of romance. Jim figured out that he was a free man the whole time he was escaping and Huck finally ended up with a real family.
 

An author always has a point they're willing to make. Something just as little as a little remark or as big as Martin Luther King's I Have a Dream. For Mark Twain his point was very clear to me. It was time for us to treat everyone the way you would like to be treated, equal, and the same.

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The romantic Life of Tom Sawyer

Author's note: A response to Huckleberry Finn

Towards the ending of Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer arrives yet again into the story of Huckleberry Finn. Now he has returned more romantic than ever. He has read all of the books and knows all of the strategies to set Jim free, but the simplest of things might turn out to be better.

The fact that Tom has returned is a major event in this book, but it seems like he might go overboard. Tom has always been a sly and a persuasive young lad, but he might be trying to do too much. During his stay they reach Jim and Tom decided that they should rescue Jim the "moral way". Tom told Jim to do all of the things that a prisoner would do. Tom wanted Jim to have a loyal jail pet, like a rats, or some spiders, but they haven’t found one yet. Then Tom wanted to dig with a knifes and spoons, but it didn’t work out so well. Huck didn't see the point in doing all of these unnecessary actions, but he went along with Tom's ideas.

The romantic world of Tom Sawyer definitely adds some light to the situation that they are in. But during difficult times Tom just wants to live his typical romantic life. Like all young boys, they always want to play. If the parent is going through a hard time, then they might not know. As you might already know Tom has not matured. In the life of a young man, you suspect life will be romantic and you will live in a fantasy world, but they will soon run into reality.

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Tarring and Feathering

Authors Note: A response to an event from Huckleberry Finn

The time and setting really has an impact of how people would act. During the 1800's people would tar and feather people. Like in Huck Finn, the Duke and the King got into trouble and got tarred and feathered. These actions really show you what time it is and how people reacted.

The Duke and the king were mischievous and tricky, but they weren't too tricky. The people of the town caught them and tarred and feathered them. The actions of these people were very violent, but that’s what they would do to those types of people. Luckily in this type of time period, we don't tar and feather people. The setting of this book really helped advance the book because, without the tarring of the duke and the King, Huck and Tom wouldn't get away with helping Jim. With the setting at this time, it really affects the story.

With the setting in the 1800's, it really affects the story, now in our time we wouldn’t even think to tar people and feather them, but in that time it was a punishment. The reaction of the people was very violent and scary, but we've moved on and became a better society.

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A Quote from Huckleberry Finn

Author's note: A response to a quote in Huckleberry Finn.In this quote "I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their'n." Said by Huck Finn. He was talking about Jim the slave. The idea of a man caring for his family is a good thing, and it was normal for them to compare slaves to other people in that time period, but it sure isn't right to compare him to a white man in this period of time. 

It said frequently throughout the book, that Jim was worried about his family and that he cared for them. The quote that was just mentioned, ties to the idea of Comedy. Comedy is a mode that is realistic. Almost everyone cares about their family. Whether you’re a kid or an old great grandparent, you would care about your family. This quote also ties with the idea of the setting too. Back in the 1800's people would compare African Americans to White people too, but now you wouldn't see that very often. Even though you think that’s wrong, it happened, but we've learned from our mistakes and turned our society around.

 

The Idea of comparing a white man to an African American is truly wrong, but it happened back then. Luckily now we have corrected ourselves and have treated African Americans fairly. The time back then was different from our time, but one thing that will never change, is the caring and loving of our families.

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The Real Life of Huck Finn

Authors Note: A response to the last seven chapters of Huckleberry Finn

If you've read Tom Sawyer you've probably heard of Huck Finn. In Tom Sawyer he was a boy who lived on the streets and took whatever he could get his hands on, but in this book, he is a boy who has a roof over him and has a person to look over him. But then something terrible happened, Huck's dad comes back. Huck was scared of him when he was younger, but he overcame that fear. Then later on, he got tired of the beatings and snuck away to Jackson's Island.

Huck Finn has been an adventurous boy. Throughout the last seven chapters, he's snuck out of the widow's house, almost got caught by Jim, and ran away from his dad. Even though it seems like Huck Finn's life is a romance, you might want to think it over again, the pieces might not fall into play.

If you’ve read some of this book, you've probably noticed that this is not a romantic setting. Huck was living fine with the Widow, he was getting an education, but then… BAM! His old messed up dad comes back and takes this all away from him. So as you can see this isn't your typical happy fairyland book. This might turn out to be a comedy. The book so far has been realistic, so it narrows it down to comedy and tragedy. First of all, in the beginning, the world was not in conflict. So, now I can prove that the book will probably turn out to be a comedy. 

The adventurous Huck Finn's life, may not be every boy's romance when you come to think of it. His dad is a crazed lunatic and his mother passed away, but it is all very realistic. For you that

think living like Huck Finn would be great, look back at his life and think it over again.