Mighty M: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Wonderful classic! Only two questions for this one...both essay type questions. Make sure to put each in a separate comment/post.
- Huckleberry Finn is about the same as you are, but grew up in a very different time. Select a favorite passage or chapter from the book and re-write it as though Huck were living in this day and age. Use terms and slang appropriate or that is similar to how you and your friends talk.
- One of the themes of this book is Freedom. Describe how you see that theme portrayed in this book.
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Here's the original passage:
Then he dropped down and went to sleep again-but what he had been saying give me the very idea I wanted. I says to myself, I can fix it now so nobody won't think of following me.
About twelve o'clock we turned out and went along up the bank. The river was coming up pretty fast, and lots of driftwood going by on the rise. By-and-by, along comes part of a log raft-nine logs fast together. We went out with the skiff and towed it ashore. Then we had dinner.Anybody but pap would a waited and seen the day through, so as to catch more stuff; but that warn't pap's style. Nine logs was enough for one time; he must shove right over to town and sell. So he locked me in and took the skiff and started off towing the raft about half-past three. I judged he wouldn't come back that night. I waited till I reckoned he had got a good start, then I out with my saw and went to work on that log again. Before he was 'tother side of the river I was out of the hole; him and his raft was just a speck on the water away off yonder.
Here's my translation: Then my dad fell asleep again-but like what he said gave me the idea I wanted! I was like, I can make it so that no one thinks of following me.
At twelve-ish Dad and I went outside and up the riverbank. The river was moving fast, and there was a lot of wood and stuff floating in it. Then a raft came down the river. There were nine logs tied together. We sailed out to the raft and pulled it back to shore. Then we ate dinner. Anyone except Dad would have waited to get more stuff, but my Dad's cool like that. Nine logs were enough, he had to go over to the town and sell them. So Dad locked me in the house and took the skiff and started pulling the raft at like three thirty. I figured that he wouldn't be back till like late tonight. I waited for a while, until I was sure he was gone. Then I took out my saw and started cutting the logs again. Before he crossed the river, I was out of the hole, and he was like a tiny speck far off.
Freedom. First of all, what is Freedom? Freedom, by definition, is the ability to be liberated, or free. Free means without restrictions, or few restrictions. In this books, I think that Freedom is portrayed in two main ways. First of all is the nigger Jim. He is yearning for Freedom, hoping to become free, and then free his enslaved family. The other way that Freedom is portrayed? Huckleberry Finn's disregard for the rules, of course. I think freedom, by the definition meaning without restrictions, is Huck's attitude in the whole book. He feels disregard for rules, and sometimes even laws. The only time that Huck Finn goes by the rules is to save his own skin, naturally.
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