[Welsh Rabbit]

At the turning point of the novel, he decides to help Jim even though he truly believes that he will go to Hell for it. He sacrifices his eternal soul to help Jim escape. That is why I admire Huck so. I look at myself and I realize I would more likely do the self-serving thing.

I feel the same way. Narrow-minded PC thought police can't see beyond the "N word", so they don't get the deeper meaning of what is one of the greatest novels ever written. These people are so stuck in the contemperary, that they don't understand that the novel totally supports the ideals they think they support. I can't help but to think that in the same time and place, they wouldn't be so liberal.

PS- I see by your handle that you've put considerable thought into the matter.

[Huck]

I can't help but to think that in the same time and place, they wouldn't be so liberal.

Boy, that's a good point. I wouldn't have thought of it, but it rings true. Shrill voices.

PS- I see by your handle that you've put considerable thought into the matter.

I haven't studied the book or anything; I don't know what a college expert would say it means, but I own a copy, I read it about once a year, and it gets me in my heart every single time. I refuse to watch a movie version of it because I don't want the pictures in my mind tainted by any Hollywood version. I cherish the book, and when I get done reading it, I am inspired to try harder to be a better person, you know, even when no one is looking.