He says, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is the most grotesque example of racist trash ever written” (Leonard, 16). Wallace’s essay, “The Case against Huck Finn,” established the tone for the critical reception of the nineteenth century novel. Most detractors of the novel have labeled Mark Twain to be a “racist writer.” John H. This essay discusses some of the novel’s critical interpretations. Nonetheless, the popularity of the book has not been affected by these controversies. Since its publication, the work of fiction has been criticized and banned from libraries because of its alleged offenses to propriety. On the other hand, the book is also the subject of major controversies. I would recommend this book to children over 10, about 13, who have already read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' as it will introduce them to the characters in a much more vivid way.Through the use of satire, the touching and exciting adventures depicted in the novel portray significant themes that are of essence in the American society. It was funny, but also quite sad at the same time, when 2 men are introduced, one who claims to be the duke of Bridgewater, and one who claims to be the son of Louis 16th. I couldn't stop crying when Huck had lost Jim, and I couldn't see how he would ever come back to Tom Sawyer. The book plays a game of coincidence, like in Oliver Twist, where Oliver meets with his father's friend, and meets his Aunts, as Huckleberry Finn meets with Tom Sawyer, his long-lost friend, on Phelps's plantation, trying to free Jim, a black man, from the prison.Īt the beginning of the book, I didn't like it much until Huck went to the circus, when I couldn't stop laughing at the vivid description, making it seem as if I was there next to Huck, looking at the drunkard revealing himself as one of the circus clowns. Like Charles Dickens, who makes the rich pay attention to the poor, Mark Twain explains what the bad things of slavery are to the white, and mocks the life of the rich, saying how it can be reformed by the homeless like Huck. I think that 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a good book, it follows 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and introduces American language to European readers. I would review 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as a 5-star book because it has an anti-slavery message, an amusing plot, and it is very moving.
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