Huck Finn Dialectical Journal
At the very start of this section Huck sets out for town disguised as a woman only to find out that Jim was blamed for Huck’s “murder.” Huck raced back to Jim and they set off down the river. These two eventually came upon the wreck of a steamboat where once aboard, they discovered two men attempting to plan a murder. Quietly, the two stole as much supplies as they could carry, along with the two planned murderer’s canoe, and set off down the river once again. Down river they warned a steamboat captain of the wreck and he went to investigate the wreck. After Jim and Huck were separated from a storm, Huck stumbled upon a Hatfield and McCoy feud brewing between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons. A Grangerford slave named Jack led Huck back to
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It perfectly invokes what it felt like to travel down the Mississippi as a 13 or 14 year old boy. It relates a lot to how many kids would explore outside all day every day when they were little. Kids would explored the woods and the land around their house, which is a lot like Huck does. Huck is really relatable in the sense of outdoorsman savviness. It’s easy to feel bad for Huck too. He never had much in the way of parenting, and everything he does have he got from somebody else. He has stolen all sorts of things on his journey that he, but does not know what earning his own belongings all is about. He is almost like a small puppy just wandering throughout …show more content…
The feud that Huck stumbled upon raised the bar in intensity. The book has succeeded in keeping the attention of readers and keep them reading, even for teenagers! The only complaint to be had with the book is that the dialogue of the slaves is rather difficult to read, though it does show the book is keeping with the time period very well. I am glad that Mark Twain implemented this, however, as it shows how uneducated slaves really were. It also provides some insight as to why some of this language is common with people today talk the way they do in today’s time. These chapters also showed some reasoning on why Mark Twain wrote what he did and why he did it. He wrote simply to remind adults of their childhood adventures, which is a great idea that has worked wonders for this
It perfectly invokes what it felt like to travel down the Mississippi as a 13 or 14 year old boy. It relates a lot to how many kids would explore outside all day every day when they were little. Kids would explored the woods and the land around their house, which is a lot like Huck does. Huck is really relatable in the sense of outdoorsman savviness. It’s easy to feel bad for Huck too. He never had much in the way of parenting, and everything he does have he got from somebody else. He has stolen all sorts of things on his journey that he, but does not know what earning his own belongings all is about. He is almost like a small puppy just wandering throughout …show more content…
The feud that Huck stumbled upon raised the bar in intensity. The book has succeeded in keeping the attention of readers and keep them reading, even for teenagers! The only complaint to be had with the book is that the dialogue of the slaves is rather difficult to read, though it does show the book is keeping with the time period very well. I am glad that Mark Twain implemented this, however, as it shows how uneducated slaves really were. It also provides some insight as to why some of this language is common with people today talk the way they do in today’s time. These chapters also showed some reasoning on why Mark Twain wrote what he did and why he did it. He wrote simply to remind adults of their childhood adventures, which is a great idea that has worked wonders for this