The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
I think that this book was a lot different that I expected it to be, in a good way. This book talks about slavery/racism in a way that is easy to understand as well as interesting. I described this as "a book that you can read to a little kid and they'd have an understanding of what being a slave consisted of as well as where it came from". At first I knew nothing about this book and didn't really have a set expectation on what it would be like so I was very open-minded. The book automatically hooks you because it's a very fast and straight up book, especially for such a "touchy" subject. The book mentions a previous book, Tom Sawyer, and even though it's not necessary to read both I would like to because of the way the author/narrator tells the story. Huck is "just a poor white boy" so he's right in between slavery/being white. This book shows his story living in these times and how his thoughts change once he ends up actually helping a slave break free. Tom Sawyer is Huck's best friend, who loves to be wild and very much out there with everything he does. Miss Watson and Widow are a big part of Huck's life because they are sisters and at one point Widow tries to adopt Huck, as his father is an alcoholic that has beat him. Jim, the slave Huck ends up helping, is owned by Miss Watson. Huck and Jim go on adventure to get away from everyone and end up in many complications before getting to the "free states". Their adventures range in danger and excitement, all while racism is very much alive. Overall i think it's a great book and really recommend it to someone that maybe doesn't thinks racism/slavery is interesting because I find that most books really drown out what the situation was and the fact that Huck and Tom are just kids gives it a new and easy perspective to learn and enjoy the reading.
I think that this book was a lot different that I expected it to be, in a good way. This book talks about slavery/racism in a way that is easy to understand as well as interesting. I described this as "a book that you can read to a little kid and they'd have an understanding of what being a slave consisted of as well as where it came from". At first I knew nothing about this book and didn't really have a set expectation on what it would be like so I was very open-minded. The book automatically hooks you because it's a very fast and straight up book, especially for such a "touchy" subject. The book mentions a previous book, Tom Sawyer, and even though it's not necessary to read both I would like to because of the way the author/narrator tells the story. Huck is "just a poor white boy" so he's right in between slavery/being white. This book shows his story living in these times and how his thoughts change once he ends up actually helping a slave break free. Tom Sawyer is Huck's best friend, who loves to be wild and very much out there with everything he does. Miss Watson and Widow are a big part of Huck's life because they are sisters and at one point Widow tries to adopt Huck, as his father is an alcoholic that has beat him. Jim, the slave Huck ends up helping, is owned by Miss Watson. Huck and Jim go on adventure to get away from everyone and end up in many complications before getting to the "free states". Their adventures range in danger and excitement, all while racism is very much alive. Overall i think it's a great book and really recommend it to someone that maybe doesn't thinks racism/slavery is interesting because I find that most books really drown out what the situation was and the fact that Huck and Tom are just kids gives it a new and easy perspective to learn and enjoy the reading.