Learning in the Age of the Trigger Warning
11 years ago
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Huck Finn
I honestly have to say that I can't stand reading Huck Finn. I don't like that it is written in slang, though I totally understand why Twain did it. However, I like watching the movies. I think it is just hard for me to read because I can't even stand when people talk in slang. It is just confusing to me. I really think that if the story would be edited and written in proper English and there were the original version and a proper English version, I would enjoy reading it more, because I really like the story lines. That said, I obviously had a hard time reading it and probably missed information because I drifted off while reading it. Again, I understand why it is written in slang, and it was controversial for the time it was written, which I appreciate when an author does that, because they are usually trying to make a point. I wish I could have read it without a bias, but it really didn't happen. I tried, which I guess is all one could ask for. I will just stick to watching the movie with Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
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I too found reading the broken English difficult. It was like that game Mad Gab, where the sounds were there but arranged phonetically and you had to keep sounding the phrase out till it made sense. I think Mark Twain would have been awesome at that game. Personally I'm not so great at it and I also drifted off quite a few times while reading. That being said, I dont think that rewriting the story into proper English would be very good either. Jim and Huck NEED to use that broken English or else they arent believeable as characters. In the new novel we're reading Betsey speaks in African American dialect and it too can be difficult to understand, but at least its more modern. Anyway, good luck! I need it too!!!
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