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It's always daunting, isn't it, to review a classic that so many people have read?
We discussed Huck Finn in my American Lit class this semester, and overall there really was quite a bit to discuss, despite the story being a very well-known one (at least to me). There is more to this book than than a simple story of a boy and a man floating down the river in a raft.
What I loved about this reading of Huck Finn is that we were also to read Toni Morrison's Introduction to ...more
It's always daunting, isn't it, to review a classic that so many people have read?
We discussed Huck Finn in my American Lit class this semester, and overall there really was quite a bit to discuss, despite the story being a very well-known one (at least to me). There is more to this book than than a simple story of a boy and a man floating down the river in a raft.
What I loved about this reading of Huck Finn is that we were also to read Toni Morrison's Introduction to ...more
The classic novel of a journey down the Mississippi and the coming-of-age of one Huck Finn. He and Jim, a runaway slave, travel on a raft down the river and struggle with the conflicts between society and their emotions as they experience various adventures. Twain realistically describes the racist underbelly of America at the time.
Apr 19, 2007
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