Fun with Finn

So, after a month, I have finally finished the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. My first wind has petered out as the weight of uni assignments have fallen upon my shoulders heavy as lead.  I just haven't been able to face much at all while the due date onslauted has ensued.  On top of that I've had extra shifts at work while some of the girls are away for five weeks. I know my woes don't make for fantastic reading, but I appreciate the chance to vent.  On with the book review: Huck Finn is a character filled book and the story flows nicely, never a dull moment, and Mark Twain's individual and enjoyable sense of humour shows itself through the writing.  I was taken by the capers nearing the end, enjoying the childish logic and wondering if there was a touch of satire intended.  Tom Sawyer takes to helping a slave escape via a very convoluted plan, just because 'its the right way, the moral way' leaving all logic aside.  And I thought, yes, we probably all do that.  Get jobs done by some less than logical system just because it's 'the right way'. Sometimes due to the proverbial 'red tape', and sometimes just because that's the way its always been done. Whether intended or not, that's the moral I took from it. 'Look for the logical way to complete a task (and even to live), don't just follow those before you without considering potential improvements.'
I also found Huck's commentary about his conscience interesting.  His conscience is severely troubled because he helps a slave escape at the cost of the slave's owner.  I think it opened my mind a little bit to the perspective of the day.  Now we 'know' that slavery is abominable, but then they 'knew' it was right and irrebukable.  I wonder what things we now accept as right, but will soon see as abominable.  Sweat shops hopefully, child labour, paying less than a living wage to farmers, maybe capitalism.  Of course there will always be an abomination to fight in this life... looking ahead to glory!