They weren't kidding when they said that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was and still is THE American literature. The book was supposedly a sequel to another hit book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but Finn definitely made shone all on its own. Like Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn revolves around a boy in the pre-Civil war era whose mischiefs will eventually turn as a pathway to maturity.
Twists and turns fill the book as you turn page by page. What you expect to happen doesn't but turns out to be something even greater. That's what I thought about this book as a whole, too. I've read and watched too many sequels, in which every plot is expected but not this. Huckleberry Finn, as a character, is lovable, yet rogue. He smokes, he steals, and has a compulsive behavior. Excessive use of the n-word should also be noted by both Huck and all the characters. But by reading this book I realized that Huck's and all of the other character's view towards people of African descent are a product of our flawed system. Equality is a word that never existed those days and may never will.
Being an American literature and all, countless accents were used in the book, which made it harder for me to decipher what they said. Some had the usual Southern accent, some used the English accent but Jim, Huck's black companion, had the most indistinguishable accent. It took me two chapters to realize that "chile" is "child" or that "gwyne" is "going". Nonetheless, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a must read for everyone.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. I am unaware of exactly how many words there are in the book but The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn definitely showed the true color of that era more than any picture could, whether it be white or black.
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