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Saturday, September 17, 2011
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
When Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer sneak out and almost get caught, Tom wanted to play a trick on the man who almost caught him. Huck refuses to participate in the act, but Tom sees no problem in playing the child's trick. Even though Tom comes from a 'middle class family', and Huck had pretty much raised himself, Tom still is seen as the more childish character between the two. Huck is very cautious about accepting the things he is told with things like religion and the Tom's plans for their gang; whereas Tom gets most of his ideas from books and believes that they hold the most efficient method for an act.
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ReplyDeleteI believe that Mark Twain purposefully made it so that Tom and Huck's different personalities would go against what the reader would most likely assume from their upbringing. I think this because by doing this Twain is making the reader curious as to how these different personalities will play out. The fact that Huck is apprehensive when accepting new things is probably due to his childhood, specifically his abusive father. The abuse that Huck experienced would lead to him not being able to trust anyone, fearing that they too would turn their back on him. Tom getting his ideas from books may symbolize the lack of a leader in Tom's life.
ReplyDeleteIf we accept the fact that Huck Finn is a satirical novel, what is Twain saying about books in this section?
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