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At least the children can write, a little..., 14. April 1999
It amuses me no end to see so many irate reviews, obviously written by spoiled schoolkids resenting their stoopid 'ol teacher making them read this stoopid 'ol book by some stoopid 'ol dead guy.
There's rich material there for a cynic like Twain, or even more for one the likes of Ambrose Bierce or H. L. Mencken. Tiny, immature, ill formed minds incapable of grasping a truth deeper than Nintendo or Playstation lash out in outrage at a genius who holds up a mirror to expose their ignorance.
The fact is, this is THE American experience of the 19th century, a microcosm of the defining characteristic of our country's beginning and of our national shame and curse. How did a nation, conceived in liberty, holding self evident so many truths about Man's rights, institutionalize the degredation of Black Americans, the utter denial of their very humanity? How could the noble idealistic American eagle ever swallow such a poisonous pill?
Huck's bitter determination to "go to hell" in order to save his friend Jim is to me the most moving and courageous moment in all literature. Huck "knows" that Jim is not really human, that he is mere property, that he has no rights and deserves no consideration, and that Huck's social duty is to return the slave owner's lost property. Yet he knows even more deeply that Jim is his friend, mentor, companion, and in not saving him he will lose his own soul, regardless of what his society holds to be true. Thus Huck makes himself an outcast and outlaw in civilized society, and thus he prefigures the cataclysm of the Civil War, in which this vile contradiction nearly destroyed our nation. All the blood spilled during that war, however, has not expunged our Original Sin, and we have been paying for it ever since, and perhaps always shall.
So try to expand your mind, at least accept the concept that the past is not a Real World episode in period costume, that people of another time did think and talk and act differently, that what "everybody knows" today will surely be as ludicrous a century hence as slavery may seem to us now. Reflect, also, on the courage of those who recognized evil ahead of their time and stood up to it, even though in this case such a hero is a fictionalized semi-literate boy.
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Rezension zur Abwechslung mal auf deutsch., 28. März 2009
Dachte zunächst, ein weiteres Englisches Hörbuch gekauft zu haben.
Bin zudem erstaunt, weil ich die Geschichte nämlich kenne, wie schwer sie doch aufgrund der eingebauten englischen Dialekte zu lesen ist.
Eine echte Herausforderung für alle, die sich bereits gut in der Englischen Sprache zu bewegen wissen. Für alle empfehlenswert, die in ihrer freien Zeit aktiv was für ihre fortgeschrittenen Englischkenntnisse tun möchten. Englischanfängern empfehle ich eher Tom Sawyer zu lesen.
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Huck Finn the perfect dremer, 24. Juli 2000
Mark Twain- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1884 . The hero is Huck ,an orphan addopted by the Widdow Douglas.Huck is kiddnapped and imprisoned by his father ., but he manages to run away . On Jackson`s Island he meets Jim , a runaway slave . Together they start a magic expedition on the river Mississippi . Together they experience a lot of happenings , all leading to a stronger friendship between Huck and Jim .Huck learns from Jim the dignity of a real man . Their adventure comes to an end , when Jim is captured . Huck ,toghether with Tom Sawyer , helps Jim to escape . In the end , when " all ends well " and when Tom`s aunt Sally decides to adopt Huck he refuses and prefers to heads westward to avoid being " sivilized" .
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