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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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“Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred�
It was interesting to revisit what amounts to a collection of childhood adventures in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Amusing and episodic, they almost effortlessly transport the reader to another time and place, and, probably without any intention from Mark Twain, prepare the reader for his more important achievement, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck was clearly the most interesting character in Tom's story, and I thought a lot about Huck's later exploits as I read this. Through Tom's eyes, the world is almost idealized; it will be through Huck's perspective that we are able to challenge assumptions about race and the structure of the world.
“Huckleberry came and went, at his own free will. He slept on doorsteps in fine weather and in empty hogsheads in wet; he did not have to go to school or to church, or call any being master or obey anybody
It was interesting to revisit what amounts to a collection of childhood adventures in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Amusing and episodic, they almost effortlessly transport the reader to another time and place, and, probably without any intention from Mark Twain, prepare the reader for his more important achievement, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck was clearly the most interesting character in Tom's story, and I thought a lot about Huck's later exploits as I read this. Through Tom's eyes, the world is almost idealized; it will be through Huck's perspective that we are able to challenge assumptions about race and the structure of the world.
“Huckleberry came and went, at his own free will. He slept on doorsteps in fine weather and in empty hogsheads in wet; he did not have to go to school or to church, or call any being master or obey anybody
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Thank you for reminding me of these childhood favourites. I must reread them. Many of the (barely) hidden messages were lost on me as a child, but not all of them.
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Cliff wrote: "Thank you for reminding me of these childhood favourites. I must reread them. Many of the (barely) hidden messages were lost on me as a child, but not all of them."My pleasure, Cliff! I like finding new books, but am really enjoying revisiting books that I had read twenty plus years ago. And this one does evoke childhood, wherever you spent it. Thanks Cliff!
