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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.
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