Huckleberry Finn

                I think "Huckleberry Finn"  is one of the most interesting novels I've read in class. It's unique that the reader is told a complicated story from a child's eyes. The novel plays out so far as episodic.Huck and Jim are traveling and they meet new people. I feel that if this were a movie or a t.v series or even a cartoon(!) I would watch it. As Huck and Jim go to a new place they grow and experience new things (kind of  like "Star Trek").Huck is the main character, he isn't good or particularly bad, he's just a kid who likes to have adventures. He's a mischievous, cunning, and (sometimes) caring little boy. And I like him well enough, he's surprisingly wise for someone so young. I also like his shifting views on Jim. Jim, a runaway slave is supposed to be property, yet how can someone care for and befriend property?Huck sees the little cracks in society that most people pretend not to notice. I think Twain wants to say sometimes is that " There's something wrong with you and the only person who realizes this is a kid."  I like Jim, at first I didn't but now after having some kind of back story(his wife and daughter) I've changed my mind. In the beginning  though that he was a black stock character stereotype. He is superstitious, simple, and is a sidekick to Huck.  But then I realize that he's a person. He isn't just a slave without feelings and emotions, he didn't choose to be a slave and he can't control what others feel about him. So maybe his superstitions and things like that are his ways of dealing with his life.(But this may be me adding my own thoughts and opinions on slavery to Jim's character) A theme I see in the book is failure to conform to society will make one an outcast. As Huck fails to conform to Miss. Watson's teaching and other standards and longs to be away from it all. Another theme is that  hate is an irrational emotion that can only lead to violence. Exampled in the feud between the warring clans and hatred towards black people. I also want to learn more about Huck's relationship with Tom. I know that Tom is a foil to Huck, but so far I don't have much of a back story. To me Huck seems to admire him in a childish way, I think Huck sees Tom as a sort of father or older brother figure. Also, where are the police? People are dying left and right and I've only seen one policeman.