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5.0 out of 5 stars
Huckleberry Finn is, at heart, a story of friendship,
By John Cutcher (Westmont, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Impressions: Aesthetics and Design (Paperback)
Too often Huck Finn is pushed in front of students who are already balking at it's thickness with a preface of it being a hallmark of racial relations. Unfortunately, this tag misses the mark and underrates one of the finest pieces of American fiction. Huck Finn is less about race than it is about friendship and commitment. It is Jim's faith and love that makes the raft a home such as Huck has never known. Similarly, it is Huck's maturing regard for Jim that marks the book as a coming of age phenomenon. Certainly by today's standards, Huck Finn, with its racial slurs, mocking language and condescending points of view can be labeled as nothing but a racist text. Yet beyond the political incorrectness lies a greatness of character development that is worth many re-readings.
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Impressions: Aesthetics and Design by Victor Buhagiar (Paperback - Dec. 2006)
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