The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain Category: Adventure Published: February 18, 1884 Language: English File Size: 2.3 MB Tags: Adventure | Children's literature | Classics | Fiction | Humor | Literature | novel | satire | School |Theme:
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain explores themes of freedom, civilization, and prejudice.
Summary:
It is told from the point of view of Huck Finn, a barely literate teen who fakes his own death to escape his abusive, drunken father. He encounters a runaway slave named Jim, and the two embark on a raft journey down the Mississippi River.
Two important lessons:
- One lives to please God and not man
- Because society is not always right, it is imperative to come to a decision by one’s self and act upon it.
Famous Quotes:
“Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.”
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”
“What’s the use you learning to do right when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?”
“Stars and shadows ain’t good to see by.”
“I couldn’t bear to think about it; and yet, somehow, I couldn’t think about nothing else.”
“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.”
“You can’t pray a lie – I found that out.”
“The average man don’t like trouble and danger.”
“He was sunshine most always-I mean he made it seem like good weather.”
“I don’t want no better book than what your face is.”
“All right then, I’ll go to hell”
“That’s just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don’t want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide it, it ain’t no disgrace. That was my fix exactly.”
“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.”
“Look here, if you’re telling the truth you needn’t be afraid–nobody’ll hurt you.”
“It’s the little things that smooths people’s roads the most.”
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