huck fin

Although Huck Finn isn't the kind of book that i would normally pick up to read, I am having fun reading it. I think that this book definitely has a racist point of view but i think that it is relevant to the time period that the book was written and it wasn't supposed to be a book against blacks. Mark Twain is product to his time period and reading this gives a good sense of how things were when slavery was real and what the people and especially the kids of this time were like. I think Huck Finn was written for little boys but it is also a fun book for adults to read. There are some events in the book that seem a little more extreme and not for kids but i think that when kids read this book they probably wouldn't pick up on those events. This book does a good job of showing character and hooking the reader in to the story. Reading this book reminds me of most little kid adventures and it is a fun book to read.

I enjoyed this last reading. The part with the incident in the fog really shows a new side to Jim and the foolishness of Huck. Huck decides to play another prank on Jim after they get separated . Jim falls for the prank at first but then he comes around and realizes that it was just a prank that Huck was playing on him. When he finds this out his feelings are really hurt. I think that this part humanizes Jim a little more. I was able to sympathize with Jim and experience his character in a more compassionate way. Earlier in the book i feel like the like Jim was always portrayed at sub human (result of the time period) but now i care more about his character. After this happens I am surprised that Huck still feels compelled to turn Huck in. I realize that during this time period a runaway slave is a bad thing but I kinda felt like Huck's opinion had changed. It was most shocking because it was after Jim tells Huck that Huck is his best friend. I got worried when the slave hunters conveniently show up but soon i was relived because Huck still decides to save Jim. I think these events are making the book less racist. Jim is getting to be an actual character in the book instead of a random bystander. And the "white" character and the "black" character are becoming friends. :)))))))