Thank you!

River is the symbol of freedom here. Funny all major human civilizations were around rivers.

@@Fiction_Beast interesting, like the shackles of civilization are always erected to constrain that freedom at least symbolically...

If you're neighbors are criminals then like his mocking books on the end of the rope it planted

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Wow, thank you so much for your support.

Thanks so much!

Glad you like them!

Thank you!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you. i will check the Mysterious Stranger out.

Great point!

@@Fiction_Beast I enjoyed your explication of the book. Your emphasis on Huck using his own observations and ultimately discarding his society’s and church’s morals in regards to Jim’s humanity is in essence the greatness of the novel. You might be interested in some collections of later Mark Twain writings- “Letters From The Earth “ and “A Pen Warmed Up In Hell” are two that I can recommend.

Yes a perfect summary!

@@BrightGarlick Thank you!

Good suggestions. I love Hardy and Chekhov. I'm not too familiar with Rilke.

@@Fiction_Beast If you haven’t read “If Only We Could Know: An Interpretation of Chekhov,” I definitely recommend it. It clearly illustrates the intricacies of how his style was molded by his world view. As for Rilke, Stephen Mitchell’s translation of Duino Elegies is a must read.

Jim was someone's property, therefore helping him escape was a sin.

@@Fiction_Beast, except slaves had rights in cuneiform as they would take their owners to court and win settlements in writing which we can read today. This brand of slavery we think of began with Islam and any man (even a Christian) doing the new brand of slavery from Islam is worthy of death per the Bible. "Stealing a man (person) whether selling or attaining, they surely must die." - Exodus 21:16 Quakers and Methodists were fighting and dying to make blacks free even before the new world broke from the British Empire and blacks were free and able to vote in the North and even women could vote in two out of 13 states at the beginning of the nation. There is three possibilities for slavery allowed in the Bible: (1) War reparations, (2) indentured service, or (3) the purchasing of a family member out of slavery. (1) The conquered nation must pay their war reparations, (2) people need jobs when they are in need, (3) family members should work to return the loss of the payment for the benefit of those who are losing inheritance due to the payment out of slavery. In all three cases refusal to work would be worthy of strong aversive punishment to induce work. Why? (3) Because if my brother pays to get me out of slavery then shame on me for not working to restore my nephews' inheritance. (2) Because if my brother offers to feed my wife and kids during tough times then shame on me if upon good times I refuse to finish the seven years of work because I would rather seek my best interests. (1) Because if your father slew those who give you a home and food, then you are disrespecting the dead, and the mercy you received to be allowed to live. In the end, I agree with you that an illiterate Huckleberry Finn would be an ignorant fool in regards to the Scriptures of the church. Did it actually state he feared sinning per the church in the text. It has been so long since I read the book. I like "Tom Sawyer" better than "Huckleberry Finn."

so you want to read 213 n-word okay…

Huckleberry the poor boy does the hard work but Tom Sawyer the smart guy steals the show. That ending is bad. A little too Hollywood.

@@Fiction_Beast i guess it's open to interpretation

Moby Dick is overrated, full of turgid, overwrought prose. Huckleberry Finn is far superior.

@@deirdre108 Whatever you say, man

@@jojodogface898 I just finished Moby Dick a few months back. I love how intensely fate, and chaos play into the story. However the book could’ve been condensed as I really didn’t need a whole chapter on ropes. From what I understood Melville wrote this with Sailors in mind. I get it though. After reading MOby Dick my perceptions on the world changed a bit.

@@deirdre108 I’m 5 chapters in and so far it’s amazing.😊

@@gracefitzgerald2227 Is that 5 chapters into Huck Finn? If so, you're in for a great ride.