The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is absolutely a great novel. Mark Twain wrote such a masterpiece that was a cornerstone for adventure stories. Every part of the book has some type of suspense to it and that is what i think makes it great. The book combined action with such a simple plot. Huck is a boy who really has no one to call for his own. He obviously wants to be loved or atleast wanted, but his carefree spirit lets him be who he is. Jim is a runaway slave and Huck has no home, so together they go through journeys that feel as realistic as the days we live.

The key point in this book for me is the way it creates a theme so gently that I didn't realize it until the end. Huck's life is a river, it goes wherever it pleases as it always is trying to head in the right direction. It is a metaphor that links into the book because Huck is always back on that river. A great example of Huck's heart is the part when he is about to turn Jim in, but then realizes that he should follow his heart and not his brain. He chooses to continue with his heart, with the river, and leave the thinking entirely.

I believe Huck and Jim keep each other going. Neither one of them has a home or are really loved. They are both running away to better lives. And the funny thing is is that they are so unalike. It is hard these days to watch a movie or read a book when they are so dull and unexciting. The plot is the key and Mark Twain mastered it. It will be a book i reread for sure.