Huckleberry Finn, what an adventure! Oh boy, do I love adventures! But you see, what hampers adventures the most, is when someone has to bring in a political argument that makes everyone agro for the rest of the trip.... What a buzz-kill. So when i finished Huck Finn, i felt bad for Mark Twain (And Im super serial) i mean he wrote this book to make money, okay, fair enough. But he also wrote the book to show his deep love for adventures and the kind of quests he went on when he was a kid. So when people like Ms. freakout from Culture Shock spew their comments about racial intolerance towards this book it makes me mad that the entire adventure is thrown aside to accommodate another argument, and if she had it her way perhaps another lawsuit.
So listen up lady, you can read all the books you want, and the chances are you might dislike some and you might love some, and other people will always have another opinion on the subject. So dont spoil someone else's love for adventure, especially if you have a skewed perception of the novel. To me, it appears to me that the only reason your daughter is so adamant about this subject is because without her support you would look psycho.
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Buzz-kill, indeed. I think you have an interesting approach here, Doug--one that might benefit from a perusal of Richard Hill's essay, "Overreaching: Critical Agenda and the Ending..." (let me know if you'd like a copy of this piece).
ReplyDeleteAs you develop your defense of the novel, be sure to acknowledge competing views and rebut them point-by-point (don't just dismiss them out of hand).
I look forward to seeing your essay evolve!