So far this book has pretty much put everything out there to see. And I say that not because there aren't places within the chapters that refer to things that aren't known, like the references to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I say that because these references don't hold a lot of meaning within this story. Really the only question I have is, why did the group of boys start their gang to steal from people in the first place? And I suppose the follow up question, why did they end it so abruptly? It would make more sense if something big happened that made them stop. However, nothing substantial happened to make them stop.
Some of the main take a ways I've had so far in this book are the facts that I feel Hucks father wants to be better, and stop drinking. However, he keeps getting sucked into his own world where he continues to drink, lie, and steal. I feel that for him to really give up on those things, Huck needs to give him an ultimatum: leave if he's going to keep drinking, or if he will actually stop and commit to being in Huck's life then stay. The last take away i had is how much more realistically Huck thinks than Tom. It's astonishing how much more sensible Huck is than Tom. Tom doesn't think things through all the way; for example, the gang that Tom started to steal and rob from people wasn't well thought through. And that's most likely the main contributor of why the gang split up.
And lastly, there was one huge dislike that I had. I really dislike how Jim talks. I feel like this will be a recurring aspect in this book, and it will greatly lower my liking of the book. However, I suppose Jim talking this way reflects how African Americans talked and pronounced words in that time and in that geographical place. I really hope that Jim's speech improves over the entirety of the story like Huck's did in this set of chapters.
Some of the main take a ways I've had so far in this book are the facts that I feel Hucks father wants to be better, and stop drinking. However, he keeps getting sucked into his own world where he continues to drink, lie, and steal. I feel that for him to really give up on those things, Huck needs to give him an ultimatum: leave if he's going to keep drinking, or if he will actually stop and commit to being in Huck's life then stay. The last take away i had is how much more realistically Huck thinks than Tom. It's astonishing how much more sensible Huck is than Tom. Tom doesn't think things through all the way; for example, the gang that Tom started to steal and rob from people wasn't well thought through. And that's most likely the main contributor of why the gang split up.
And lastly, there was one huge dislike that I had. I really dislike how Jim talks. I feel like this will be a recurring aspect in this book, and it will greatly lower my liking of the book. However, I suppose Jim talking this way reflects how African Americans talked and pronounced words in that time and in that geographical place. I really hope that Jim's speech improves over the entirety of the story like Huck's did in this set of chapters.