Oh, the Grammar

     The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a classic, there is no arguing against it. This book captures the adventures of Huckleberry Finn in stunning detail and, to say the least, is impressive. Huck Finn travels from Missouri to Arkansas throughout the book, being accompanied by Jim, a runaway slave, the entire time. Together they have many adventures on their travels including pairing up with two other men for a large portion of their journey and then ending at, amazingly enough, the house of Tom Sawyer's aunt and uncle. The book's story line is fantastic; all of the drama and humor perfectly balancing each other.
     However, there is one thing about this book that I had a hard time getting over as I was reading: the grammar. The book is written by Huck Finn, using his pronunciations and grammar. From the weird spellings  of many things, including spelling ridiculous with a k, to the disgustingly improper English, it was extremely difficult to not get caught up. Although, Huck's bad grammar looks perfect in comparison to that of the slaves.  I respect that that was truly how slaves spoke in that time, but it probably could have been calmed down a little. It was hard to figure out what the slaves were trying to say, let alone understand it. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was a good book, with a good story line, it was just extremely difficult to get over the lack of correct grammar for me.