tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post7449926275493827154..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: FinnSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-67041863016634297912007-03-25T07:43:00.000-05:002007-03-25T07:43:00.000-05:00I would suggest that you read "Huckleberry Finn" b...I would suggest that you read "Huckleberry Finn" before you read "Finn" because it's fun to see where Twain ends and Clinch begins. It's the way that Clinch provides a back story for Twain's work that makes this book especially interesting.<BR/><BR/>If you can work both books into your reading schedule, I think that you'll be happy with the result.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-14930390243039990552007-03-24T18:43:00.000-05:002007-03-24T18:43:00.000-05:00I have been curious about this book, but I have no...I have been curious about this book, but I have not yet picked it up. I really have not read much Twain, and not Huck Finn--only Tom Sawyer, so I feel like I need to go back and read that first.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-11828887332049627122007-03-24T11:28:00.000-05:002007-03-24T11:28:00.000-05:00I suppose that Huck's race is controversial to so ...I suppose that Huck's race is controversial to so many people because it reflects so directly on his relationship with Jim. A young white boy trying to help a slave escape has a different feel than if a mulatto youngster was trying to do the same thing. I think that the "purists" who are already unhappy with Clinch for having the nerve to use so much of Twain's story take particular offense Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-9656026372300359512007-03-23T16:30:00.000-05:002007-03-23T16:30:00.000-05:00I find it odd that the most controversial idea is ...I find it odd that the most controversial idea is whether or not Huck was black. Probably because I separated this book from Twain in spite of all of the connections. I also never felt that Finn would win the Judge's approval and was curious about why this son was an outcast so early. The conflict betwee father and son was already in play when the first childhood incident about the laundry jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.com