reader response blog narrative #1

Reader Response Blog Narrative #1

In the first part of the novel that i read, Huck Finn has put all his money into the bank and has been living with widow Douglas. He was not really liking the whole trying to fit into higher society life. his friend, tom sawyer, was trying to convince him to stay with Douglas as tom was already a middle class citizen.  there is not much that i really connect with from this far into the story. i have never been a poor boy living in the south who then finds a lot of money. the one thing that i can kind of connect with the the fact that i also like to save money rather than to just spend it all once i get it. Huck put his money into a trust with the bank which is smart move for him.
After awhile with Douglas, Hucks dad, a drunk, comes back and demands Hucks money. while on judge wants to side with Huck, another gives Hucks back to his dad. the dad beats Huck. once again i cant really connect with any of the characters. although i can't connect with Huck, i do feel for him. since he is under age, he has no power over his own life. his dad, a terrible person, can just come into his life and ruin what was becoming a good life. this is something that can still happen to this day. for come reason people think that a unstable adult will be better for a teenager than living by themselves, or even living with other people who are financially and mentally stable. i stopped reading the book after Huck faked his own death to escape from his dad than met up with Jim, Douglas sisters slave. he than is met with a moral problem of what to do with Jim. personally if i were in that time period that i don't really know what i would do. i would like to think that i would travel with jim and not turn him in but this is a different time than when i was raised in.