Now That This Book is Finished, I'm Finn.
Published Friday, April 11, 2008 by T-Man | E-mail this post
OK, so just about everyone’s read Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, right? Yes, whether you’re young or old, like it or hate it, no one can deny that those two books are classics that have been regarded as some of the greatest books of all time. Originally created by Mark Twain, these books have since become two extremely famous pieces of literature from the late 1800’s.
But how do they hold up today? Not as well. Nowadays, we’ve got the Inheritance and Pit Dragon trilogies, who are also amongst several manga and comic books, as well as non-literature, such as TV shows and, of course, video games. But, I mean, were they even that good to begin with?
Well, when I was in the fifth grade two years ago, I had decided to read Tom Sawyer for school. OK, so I admit, it was mildly entertaining…at first. Then, the plot became a mess through certain events. There was no real flow to the story, and nothing that the kids did made sense. Fortunately, I was able to make a pretty good book report, since one can make a messy story turn into a tidy plot summary in those, but now my parents (since I’m home schooled) make me write reviews of books for my site (hence this one, which is meant to be a review of Huckleberry Finn), which are overall easier to write than book reports. Besides, these books are so bad that they don’t deserve a book report. Heck, they don’t even deserve to be in italics, but since I’m writing this review for school…
But how did I end up reading this book anyway? Well, after I finished Tom Sawyer, I began to look into ol’ Huck Finn, since my dad called it “awesome,” but I had just bought Eragon and needed to finish it. Then about two years later, in my second semester in sixth grade, I had run out of good books to read, so I chose this. Again, it was mildly entertaining at first, but then it stopped making sense, and the story turned into a great big mess. Rather than talking about why, I’ll just give you a nice plot summary:
So, after the events of Tom Sawyer, the Widow Douglas adopted the orphaned Huck, and she forced him to become a member of society, and even got Miss Watson to school him! Fortunately, he’s still got his cut of Injun Joe’s treasure, and Judge Thatcher is basically giving Huck “change” for it when he has the cash on hand. But then Pap (Huck’s father who has apparently been in jail) comes around to get that money for himself and keep Huck. Now, in mine and Huck’s opinion both, Pap isn’t…say…a good dad, so Huck tries to escape his house while his dad’s away and escape on the river in a canoe. He goes to Jackson’s Island, where he meets up with Jim, who is trying to escape slavery (since this book is set in the 1800’s). Most of the book focuses on the adventures of Huck and Jim from that point on. Tom Sawyer plays a very minor role in most of the book. In fact, he’s only at the beginning and end of the book.
The story is told in a first person perspective from Huck, so expect a lot of annoying dialect. But there is ONE thing that he said at the very end that was not only funny, but made me very happy (not a spoiler): “If I’d knowed what a trouble it is to make a book I wouldn’t a tackled it and ain’t a-going to no more.” That line and one other paragraph somewhere in the book were the only parts I really enjoyed.
I’m not going to tell anyone not to buy this book, since you probably already have it somewhere. But please, save yourself some trouble, and don’t read it.
This Book’s Word: Crappy. I’m going to stay away from Mark Twain’s books from now on…
But how do they hold up today? Not as well. Nowadays, we’ve got the Inheritance and Pit Dragon trilogies, who are also amongst several manga and comic books, as well as non-literature, such as TV shows and, of course, video games. But, I mean, were they even that good to begin with?
Well, when I was in the fifth grade two years ago, I had decided to read Tom Sawyer for school. OK, so I admit, it was mildly entertaining…at first. Then, the plot became a mess through certain events. There was no real flow to the story, and nothing that the kids did made sense. Fortunately, I was able to make a pretty good book report, since one can make a messy story turn into a tidy plot summary in those, but now my parents (since I’m home schooled) make me write reviews of books for my site (hence this one, which is meant to be a review of Huckleberry Finn), which are overall easier to write than book reports. Besides, these books are so bad that they don’t deserve a book report. Heck, they don’t even deserve to be in italics, but since I’m writing this review for school…
But how did I end up reading this book anyway? Well, after I finished Tom Sawyer, I began to look into ol’ Huck Finn, since my dad called it “awesome,” but I had just bought Eragon and needed to finish it. Then about two years later, in my second semester in sixth grade, I had run out of good books to read, so I chose this. Again, it was mildly entertaining at first, but then it stopped making sense, and the story turned into a great big mess. Rather than talking about why, I’ll just give you a nice plot summary:
So, after the events of Tom Sawyer, the Widow Douglas adopted the orphaned Huck, and she forced him to become a member of society, and even got Miss Watson to school him! Fortunately, he’s still got his cut of Injun Joe’s treasure, and Judge Thatcher is basically giving Huck “change” for it when he has the cash on hand. But then Pap (Huck’s father who has apparently been in jail) comes around to get that money for himself and keep Huck. Now, in mine and Huck’s opinion both, Pap isn’t…say…a good dad, so Huck tries to escape his house while his dad’s away and escape on the river in a canoe. He goes to Jackson’s Island, where he meets up with Jim, who is trying to escape slavery (since this book is set in the 1800’s). Most of the book focuses on the adventures of Huck and Jim from that point on. Tom Sawyer plays a very minor role in most of the book. In fact, he’s only at the beginning and end of the book.
The story is told in a first person perspective from Huck, so expect a lot of annoying dialect. But there is ONE thing that he said at the very end that was not only funny, but made me very happy (not a spoiler): “If I’d knowed what a trouble it is to make a book I wouldn’t a tackled it and ain’t a-going to no more.” That line and one other paragraph somewhere in the book were the only parts I really enjoyed.
I’m not going to tell anyone not to buy this book, since you probably already have it somewhere. But please, save yourself some trouble, and don’t read it.
This Book’s Word: Crappy. I’m going to stay away from Mark Twain’s books from now on…
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