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ok, so lets ban "Little Black Sambo" the "Briar Rabbit and Tar Baby" and while we're at it, all things relating to or about history.... wait... those idiots dont even know what those are anymore. how 'bout a more recent item then? lets ban all white writers/artists/performers who display any interest in communicating with the black population. Emanem? gone. Elvis? dead again. Larry Byrd? get the picture? these PC dipsticks need a few more pints. Huck Finn, like the other stories i mentioned, is a classic in the most pure of terms. i dont care much for some of Sam Clemens political satire, but his works in the world of Tom and Huck, along with Con. Yankee in King Authors court? sheer and utter perfect story telling on his part. i suppose next theyll want to start using DoubleSpeek and calling curfews while burning books in the town squares.... ::sigh:: im only 18, and these people make me feel like im having flash backs of WWII...

The character of Huck is one of my heroes. Here's a kid who has such a great moral compass. He simply can't help but do what he thinks is right. At the turning point of the novel, he decides to help Jim even though he truly believes that he will go to Hell for it. He sacrifices his eternal soul to help Jim escape. That is why I admire Huck so. I look at myself and I realize I would more likely do the self-serving thing. There is one point where he goes into the sunken riverboat to rescue the doublecrossing crooks. I wouldn't have risked my neck for them. But he did it instinctively. He was a great little guy.

And Jim shows incredible affection and love for Huck. He pampers him. Jim was superstitious and in some ways ignorant, but he was older than Huck and treated him with tenderness and care. When they discover each other afetr having been separated, and are so happy to see each other, well, that part gets me misty eyed every time I read it.

It's a beautiful portrait not just of adventure, but of doing the right thing in spite of the times in which you live, of the better part of human nature. It is a wonderful book. Nothing against Little Black Sambo, but that's not even in the same ballpark--not even the same sport. Huck Finn is a brilliant book.

But hey, what do I know? That's just what it means to me.

im only 18, and these people make me feel like im having flash backs of WWII

I can tell.

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