The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

[likethebeer]

I never had this in high school or college, so this is the first time I've read it. I was telling immemor that, when I've seen bits & pieces of it televised I always thought the way that the character of Huckeberry Finn spoke was an affectation on the part of the producers. I had no idea that it was part of the writing style that Mark Twain used for the character.

And I knew the book, in part, has him going down the Mississippi River, but I didn't realize it takes him a while to get there & meet up with Jim. And get away from his horrible, horrible, dick-y father who I wanted to punch in the face.

So: that's what it means to read an American classic (and staple of high school classes) without knowing much about it (at least it wasn't as confusing as when I saw The Tempest).

Comments

[seattleforge.livejournal.com]

I loved Tom Sawyer. Hated Huck Finn. Louis CK sums it up so well!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4vxSf15aBA&feature=kp&hd=1

Huck Finn

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

It's really difficult to separate out Twain's writing from the knowledge that we really don't talk like that any more.