The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Webster's Thesaurus Edition) in MHSHS Reading Group

Mar 09, 2011 Sanum rated it really liked it · review of another edition

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Mar 25, 2011 Mandy rated it liked it · review of another edition

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Mar 25, 2011 Aziza rated it really liked it · review of another edition

This book was amazing! I really liked it! At first, it was so confusing. I didn't get what was going on. Especially the part with Jim it was very hard to read Jim part because the words weren’t written correctly and it was difficult to pronounce the words. So what I did, to understand Jim parts is I went to spark notes and it helped me a lot to understand it better.
By the way the character I really hate in this book is Huck father because he is always jealous of Huck and don’t want Huck to go t ...more

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Mar 29, 2011 Svitlana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I didn't really like the book at first because it was way too confusing. I had to pay attention to every single word to make sense of what I am reading about. I got the main things happening right away but I was always lost where Huck and Jim were located and what exactly happened where. But, I was very happy once I got to the end of the book and I don't regret reading it. Overall it was very inspiring. It IS a MUST read. But keep in mind that it is not one of those books that will keep many at ...more

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Mar 16, 2011 Jahziel rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: grab-a-copy-now, quick-simple-and-thought-provoking

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is a phenomenal read. It is a very controversial novel filled with evident themes of brotherly love, language, friendship, family, racism, religion, superstitions, identity and respect. It breaks as well as reinforces stereotypes of blacks. It demonstrates the fact that both blacks and whites can be friends. It shows that blacks are capable of communicating and influencing whites. Jim definitely had a huge impact on Huck. Huck was able to learn ...more

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Mar 19, 2011 Eliza Brittni rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens was a fantastic book to read. I enjoyed the story line and plot; the way it flowed and the imagery it presented. Huck is a young boy who escapes containment from his abusive father in a Pre-Civil War America. Just when he thinks he is alone in the world and completely free he runs into Jim. Jim is a slave from an old care taker named the Widow. Jim finds out he is going to be sold even farther South and runs away. Slavery is eve The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain aka Samuel Clemens was a fantastic book to read. I enjoyed the story line and plot; the way it flowed and the imagery it presented. Huck is a young boy who escapes containment from his abusive father in a Pre-Civil War America. Just when he thinks he is alone in the world and completely free he runs into Jim. Jim is a slave from an old care taker named the Widow. Jim finds out he is going to be sold even farther South and runs away. Slavery is even harsher in the South and Jim knows leaving would mean he would be even farther away from his already separated family. He plans to go North to get a job and buy his family’s freedom. Huck and Jim build a huge relationship consisting of brotherly love and friendship throughout their adventures down the Mississippi River.

At first this book was difficult to read because the language was new to me and Jim’s parts were written as one would sound speaking. However, it did not take long for me to pick it up and the vocabulary in this book was understandable. I really love all the superstitions I learned throughout the book. They made reading Jim’s parts that much more amazing because he seemed to speak words of wisdom every time he spoke.

Huckleberry Finn is in constant debate right now because of the heightened use of the word “nigger”. That word is presented 219 times and is said to make students feel uncomfortable when reading and learning about the book. This excuse led publishing companies to replace the term “nigger” with “slave” causing a huge debate. I believe the term should stay in the book because Twain had a reason for putting the word in there. He must have known what he was doing and what he was causing. Mark Twain was trying to show the American people the reality and ridiculousness of the time period, if one takes out the word it seems like a cover up on history and avoiding what actually was going on. When one reads the term “nigger” in the book it is not like the students reading the book have not heard it in the streets. Some people do not even know the history and true meaning of the word so reading this book helps teach that. It is a great book and I highly recommend it.
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Jun 05, 2008 Lanier rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I hated re-reading these last 60 pages wondering WTF? Why had Twain re-introduced Tom Sawyer and all his foolishness to this otherwise awesome novel? However, in looking at Clemens's use of Satire, though hyperbolic - I mean COMMON! Sixty friggin pages of this deadly escape crap?! -, Archetypes and the Hypocrisies of Morality as well as the paradoxical nature of Natures: Human and, well, the environment.

If I were to travel back in time, I'd shake the living snot outta Samuel for thinking ...more

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Feb 05, 2011 Laura rated it liked it · review of another edition

Huckleberry Finn was a pretty good book. At first, when I started to read this book, I absolutely despised it because I didn't understand anything. I thought that I was reading nonsense, but it was just me who didn't understand. When i basically just re-read the book, I understood the book much better than I did before, and it was much more interesting, and I was happy. I didn't like the book because at some points it became really boring at points where there was too much description, and I dis ...more

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Feb 13, 2011 Rosemarie rated it it was ok · review of another edition

A classic novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain depicts Southern society in a post Civil War environment. A young boy, Huckleberry Finn, narrates this novel. His adventures to escape from his abusive and alcoholic father lead him into various journeys with a fellow runaway slave, Jim. His adventures with Jim are paradoxical. The common southern mind set made the white race always “superior” to the blacks. Such as no contact should be demonstrated and of course never befriend A classic novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain depicts Southern society in a post Civil War environment. A young boy, Huckleberry Finn, narrates this novel. His adventures to escape from his abusive and alcoholic father lead him into various journeys with a fellow runaway slave, Jim. His adventures with Jim are paradoxical. The common southern mind set made the white race always “superior” to the blacks. Such as no contact should be demonstrated and of course never befriend or associate with a black person. “Huck Finn” as a novel was a brilliant satire against racism because of Huck’s life choices. His decision to befriend and help a runaway slave, Jim made him a courageous man. Thus showing the way Mark Twain pioneered in giving blacks a character and voice within American Literature. Additionally epitomizing Twain’s disregard towards racism. However Twain or also referred to Samuel Clemens, used the “N” word a little over 200 times making it contradicting.

Twain use of language in portrays southern dialect. The southern dialect was a tad bit difficult to comprehend but not impossible. I think it was wise of him to change the language of the characters to truly represent how they spoke which represents their education/skills. To be honest this book was arduous to grasp at first. The themes that were included brotherly love, superstitions, racism, family, and much more. The only reason I found this book a tad bit interesting was because of the debate of whether or not the “N” word should stay in this novel. Yes it is controversial of Twain to include the “N” word when he clearly makes Jim one of the main characters and giving him a voice. In my opinion Americans should really understand the origin of the “N” word and not use it in daily conversations. Yes over the time the significance of this word has changed. However if you really think about it, it was a form of degrading blacks. Therefore this book is great for those who enjoy controversy and is fond with other works by Twain.
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Feb 27, 2011 Xing rated it liked it · review of another edition

In this book, Mark Twain mentioned the N-Word over and over. The N-Word served as an epithet toward black people. The N-Word in this book shows the reality in the society and demonstrates how black people were being degrading in the society. The N-Word is a powerful word, it contains the history of black people’s sufferings, and it means a lot to people who understand the real meaning of the word.

However, we see the close relationship between Jim and Huck despite the fact that in the society ba ...more

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Mar 27, 2011 Muyiwa rated it liked it · review of another edition

Mark Twain's "Huckleberry Finn" is a classic novel that reveals Southern society prior to the civil war. Twain establishes many themes that are controversial to the beliefs of many Americans at that time, such as the brotherly bond and friendship between a blacks and whites. Also, referring to Pap in the novel, it showed a white man that was financially inadequate to support even himself and he was an alcoholic, while the book discusses successful black people in America. I would recommend this ...more

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Mar 02, 2009 Whitney rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This boook is about a boy called tom who lives with his dead's mother's sister, cousin and step-brother.Tom falls in love with agirl at school and starts flirting with her. Tom was kind of a bad boy. Tom and his friend huck goes to the cemetry and find out about the murder of Muff Potter. They were the only one who actually knew the truth but they turned in an innocent man for that murder. Tom became a surprise eyewitness and convicted Injun Joe as the murderer.Tom and Joe therefore get lost in ...more

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Feb 03, 2011 Sutapa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Feb 05, 2011 Jamie rated it liked it · review of another edition

An ok book with a horrible ending. I don't think that this book was worth reading at all. The story dragged along for way too long, and I feel like it's been given too much hype. With all of these reviews saying that it would be one of my top favorite books of all time I thought that it might live up to it's word. I even thought this up to the chapter that he ran away down the river, which is the whole plot of the story. The only thing that this book is good for is the overuse of the "n-word". W ...more

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Nov 11, 2008 Danielle rated it it was ok · review of another edition

before i read this book i was wondering what could i learn form it. after seeing some of the things huckleberry finn goes through with his father, i can see there is a lot to learn

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