Why is huckleberry finn a good book

Helped me decide. Had useful details. Read my mind 1. Report this review. Teen, 15 years old Written by Blue May 5, The novel uses racial slurs though, and it mentions violence, abusive parents, alcohol and drugs, so this it's better for teenagers.

The imagination, the stories and the life of this kid are amazing to read about, and there are great messages like anti-slavery and empathy. An overall great book that can nevertheless get a bit slow at times. Positive Messages. Positive role models. Read my mind. Teen, 13 years old Written by Stephenkingfan August 27, A book to remember I love this book. The author, Mark Twain, uses the time period to his advantage. Kid, 11 years old August 15, Funny but also sad I would review 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' as a 5-star book because it has an anti-slavery message, an amusing plot, and it is very moving.

Like Charles Dickens, who makes the rich pay attention to the poor, Mark Twain explains what the bad things of slavery are to the white, and mocks the life of the rich, saying how it can be reformed by the homeless like Huck. The book plays a game of coincidence, like in Oliver Twist, where Oliver meets with his father's friend, and meets his Aunts, as Huckleberry Finn meets with Tom Sawyer, his long-lost friend, on Phelps's plantation, trying to free Jim, a black man, from the prison.

At the beginning of the book, I didn't like it much until Huck went to the circus, when I couldn't stop laughing at the vivid description, making it seem as if I was there next to Huck, looking at the drunkard revealing himself as one of the circus clowns. I couldn't stop crying when Huck had lost Jim, and I couldn't see how he would ever come back to Tom Sawyer.

It was funny, but also quite sad at the same time, when 2 men are introduced, one who claims to be the duke of Bridgewater, and one who claims to be the son of Louis 16th. I would recommend this book to children over 10, about 13, who have already read 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' as it will introduce them to the characters in a much more vivid way. Kid, 9 years old December 8, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, professor, Stanford University. Thomas Glave, author, "The Torturer's Wife". Gish Jen, author, "World and Town".

David Matthews, author, "Ace of Spades". Mark Bauerlein, English professor, Emory. Timothy Jay, author, "Cursing in America". Please upgrade your browser. Get full reviews, ratings, and advice delivered weekly to your inbox. User Reviews Parents say Kids say. May 8, This novel has been in hot water since it hit the streets. Louisa May Alcott wouldn't let it in the Concord, Massachusetts, library because she though it Continue reading. Report this review. Adult Written by Victoria S.

April 28, Pretty Good The book is really really good it shows some good morals the one problem is the drunk dad in this book. A amusing classic with great themes I really enjoyed this book, it was a great read. There are a few words that might be racially offending, but it is worth it to clearly show what it was like at Teen, 15 years old Written by Blue May 5, The novel uses racial slurs though, and it mentions vi What's the story? Is it any good?

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Twain's classic has humor, suspense, language issue. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You. Conversational history traces U. A must-read history of racism and oppression in America. Tubman biopic includes realistic violence, racist slurs. For kids who love classic tales and books about racism. Classic Books for Kids. The debates over the necessity of the N-word to the novel are well covered elsewhere.

So the word is painfully necessary. Beyond this debate over language, however, plenty of educators doubt the value of old, possibly musty canonical works when there are fresher ones for students to read. The moral core of the book is lost on them, or was perhaps never presented in the first place. In this novel, two young teenagers steal a car and go on an epic, and illicit, road trip. Naturally, I was not impressed. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.

In both novels, Huck is a riposte to our complacency. Our attitude to a neglected child, torn between his sound instinct to help an enslaved man escape to freedom and the society that tells him he will go to hell for doing so tells us a lot about ourselves.