I really enjoyed the novel of Huckfinn and I really liked that everything about was cynical and making fun of southern society pre-Civil War. This book was really clever, especially the ending. In the ending we see that Huck didn't really change too much and he had sort of been sucked back into what he had been trying to escape from. This is the ultimate joke on that culture because it basically means that it was impossible for these people to adapt or evolve when they were all together and had that mob mentality.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
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You are 100% right about this statement in that the whole book is a criticism of slavery. Remember Sherburn's statement about the mob mentality? It essentially declared the KKK a bunch of cowards for the no man could act on his own. If he did act on his own, it was in a positive way, but when he joined a group, they reverted back to the dominate thought in society. In this case it was slavery.
I agree with you on how the last chapter showed the reader that Huck had not changed. Throughout the book Huck was going back and forth between civilized and uncivilized society but in the end he began to get sucked back into civilized society.
I agree when you talk about Huck's civilized and uncivilized behavior through the book. And towards the end of the book it shows how much he's change when once again he follows Tom into another adventure. So basically your right when you say he has not change much, if at all.
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