While I was reading Huck Finn, I got confused just reading the first couple chapters. I had troubles processing everything that was going on. It is different reading a book that has improper English. I do not get why Jim just magically thinks that witches and the devil charms struck him the night Huck and Tom played a prank on him. Wouldn't he know that their are young boys around? Is Jim like a religious person and goes by the bible? The more I read it, I do not understand why people back then thought that Mark Twain was being racist. This is how people viewed things back then and Mark was just trying to write the book on how people would talk and that means using words that can be considered "racist" in today's society.
The main take-aways I had from the first four chapters is that Huck thinks of himself as a bad kid who is worthless. When really that is nothing what he is portrayed to be. From reading I took away that Huck is the realist out of the group, when Tom uses more of his imagination, like any little kid would do, and goes by the book and rules. It actually is sort of exciting to keep reading to see what these kids will do next. They all have so much imagination and so much energy. Personally, that's why I like being around kids at times because of all the stuff they can come up with in their head. If I had a little brother, I could probably picture Huck more of that character to me.
What I like about this book is how their is something always happening. For example, first the boys found gold, then they play a prank on Jim, then they take a boat to a cave and name themselves, "Tom Sawyer's Gang." It makes you think about what it was back then with the separating of whites and blacks and how it was for a kid growing up in that time period. They did not have cell phones, ipads, computers, etc. They had their friends and whatever their imagination could come up with. I found it interesting when these boys made up their gang, how they made a oath to kill someone if they told any of their secrets. What kind of kid comes up with that? It just makes you remember how young boys are always into violence and doing stupid things. It is just interesting reading about all their adventures.
The main take-aways I had from the first four chapters is that Huck thinks of himself as a bad kid who is worthless. When really that is nothing what he is portrayed to be. From reading I took away that Huck is the realist out of the group, when Tom uses more of his imagination, like any little kid would do, and goes by the book and rules. It actually is sort of exciting to keep reading to see what these kids will do next. They all have so much imagination and so much energy. Personally, that's why I like being around kids at times because of all the stuff they can come up with in their head. If I had a little brother, I could probably picture Huck more of that character to me.
What I like about this book is how their is something always happening. For example, first the boys found gold, then they play a prank on Jim, then they take a boat to a cave and name themselves, "Tom Sawyer's Gang." It makes you think about what it was back then with the separating of whites and blacks and how it was for a kid growing up in that time period. They did not have cell phones, ipads, computers, etc. They had their friends and whatever their imagination could come up with. I found it interesting when these boys made up their gang, how they made a oath to kill someone if they told any of their secrets. What kind of kid comes up with that? It just makes you remember how young boys are always into violence and doing stupid things. It is just interesting reading about all their adventures.