Huckleberry Finn
Summary:
Huckleberry is a story about a vagabond with a heart of gold. His kind and brave deeds earn him praises from the community and two kind hearted ladies adopt him with the intention of providing him a loving house,education and good life.This attempt at turning him into a gentleman does not sit well with Huckleberry but manfully bears it UNTIL the advent of his mean father who wants to usurp his money but Huckleberry preempts his scoundrel father's moves by transferring all his wealth to Judge Thatcher! Quivering in rage at being baulked from laying his grubby paws at Huckleberry's treasure, Hucky's father kidnaps him!! Huckleberry somehow manages to escape from his drunkard father, runs into Jim, a slave who is fleeing from Ms.Watson as he does not want to be sold south..Together they head on an adventure which is an eye opener as they meet good Samaritans, cheats, scoundrels , murderers on the way...what does fate hold for these 2 runaways forms the story of Huckleberry Finn.
Review
Last time I had reviewed Heidi an orphan girl who was naive,innocent and to all intents and purpose lived a sheltered life in the midst of love and affection, I could not help but reflect that even Huckleberry was an orphan but how their paths had diverged, while one saw the goodness of humanity another saw the lurking squalor beneath the veneer of civilized humanity.
It is to the credit of Huckleberry that he did not succumb to the negative forces and rose above it to embrace humanity, kindness and compassion - This makes him a hero and shows that gems are hidden even among the lowest of the low.
Huckleberry Finn does not restrict itself to Huckle's upbringing and the choices he makes, the book takes a broader view at the slave trading and the inhuman way the slaves were treated back then. The slaves find their voice through Jim, A black who flees from being sold to another master. His plight highlights how even the most generous , compassionate masters can be thoughtless in matters of slaves that they were even below the ranks of pets!
The journey through the river is a no man's land with both Huckleberry and Jim cut off from civilization. The symbolic suggestion that : devoid of human laws and prejudice colors cease to matter was tellingly told in that travel.
Huckleberry is a book that is for young and old alike.
It is to the credit of Huckleberry that he did not succumb to the negative forces and rose above it to embrace humanity, kindness and compassion - This makes him a hero and shows that gems are hidden even among the lowest of the low.
Huckleberry Finn does not restrict itself to Huckle's upbringing and the choices he makes, the book takes a broader view at the slave trading and the inhuman way the slaves were treated back then. The slaves find their voice through Jim, A black who flees from being sold to another master. His plight highlights how even the most generous , compassionate masters can be thoughtless in matters of slaves that they were even below the ranks of pets!
The journey through the river is a no man's land with both Huckleberry and Jim cut off from civilization. The symbolic suggestion that : devoid of human laws and prejudice colors cease to matter was tellingly told in that travel.
Huckleberry is a book that is for young and old alike.
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