Huck Finn

There is a reason that this book is called 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. Throughout the whole book, Huck gets himself in many sticky situations including running away with Widow Douglas' slave, Jim.
'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn starts out by telling about the events that went on in 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'. Huckleberry then starts telling about his life after he got the robber's gold. Huck was adopted by the Widow Douglas' who lives with her sister, Miss Waston. Huck does not adapt well to the 'proper' way of living. It's hard for him to use maners, attend church and school and have an actual home to live in and take care of. Tom has the brilliant idea to create a band of robbers that includes Huck and Ben Rogers. After their plan for the band of robbers doesn't work out too well, Huck's dad ends up coming back to town. 'Pap' as Huck calls him, ends of harassing Huck then kidnapps him from Widow Douglas and Miss Watson and Locks him in a cabin on the other side of the Mississippi River. Whenever Pap comes back to the cabin he is drunk and beats Huck. Long story short, Huck fears the beatings will get worse so he ends up meeting up with the slave, Jim and they run away together. They meet many fun and odd characters on their journeys but end up making it home in one piece by the end of the novel.

Huckleberry Finn is a very complex character. Although he is fun and wild on the outside, he is very loving and cares deeply about those in his life, on the inside. The life that Huck has in the novel, is the only one he's ever known, so for us, we say, 'Wow! I'd never be able to make it through everything he's gone through.' But that's all he's every known so it's easy for him. However, Huckleberry is one of the easiest characters to relate to or to see yourselft in. I think that's because there's one point in all our lives when we've wanted to have a great adventure. Or maybe we've been pushed into a great adventure because of previoius events, just like Huck.

A Mark Twain novel, for me, is never a non-challenging read. The language he uses(this is based in MO before the Civil War, after all), is very different from our own dialect we use everyday. Once you get past the language used in the book, 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is an easy, fun read!

My Thoughts on Honors 10

I'm really stoked for Honors 10! Already it seems much different from Honors 9(not saying that honors 9 was bad, it just seems different). I think that the schedule for our summer reading will be good and keep everyone on track. I'm also really excited about having both of the classes from last year put together. We'll be able to learn even more from and about each other! Ms. Jesik also seems like an awesome teacher! I'm really excited to start summer reading blogs and for the class in the fall!