I’ve noticed that people tend to focus more on The Adventures of Huck Finn than Tom Sawyer? Why? Personally I think the latter is much better and has more going on. And Tom even makes a cameo in the former.

>>24527297 (OP)
>cuck finn vs Chad Sawyer

>>24527297 (OP)
Good thread. I finished Tom Sawyer about a week ago and was going to make a similar thread but didn't.
I was really surprised how good Tom Sawyer was. Only other thing I'd read by Twain was Huckleberry Finn and I liked it a lot.
The way people talk about Tom Sawyer in comparison to Huckleberry Finn made me think Tom Sawyer might not even be worth reading, like it's just 2-dimensional pulpy kiddy bullshit in comparison. And yeah I'd argue that it's just as good and possibly better.
I think when people are rating Twain as an overall writer and rating his different works, they're often looking at him through an "American Writer" lens, and because slavery is a significant part of America's young history and the Civil War and such happened in Twain's lifetime, Huckleberry Finn gets the appearance of more "serious literature" that deals with bigger topics. There may be a kernel of truth in that, but overtime that gets oversimplified and repeated so much that the difference in quality and "seriousness" of the 2 books becomes over-exaggerated and distorts the reputation of the books. They're both great, Twain is great

>>24527745
I agree, whenever I hear talk of his works (particularly about Huck and Tom) it’s usually not the narrative or story but rather how often slurs are used. Like I remember that being a big issue around 2014 or so. People are looking far too much into the social and historical aspect of it. I’m almost through Tom Sawyer and noticed that the book is basically youth immortalized. It manages to capture a general sense of child/boyhood that I think most can relate to in some way. I mean I’m not from the south but I can still relate to Tom when it comes to things like playing and being a little shit. If I would ever recommend anyone to read them I would just say to go into it as you would a kid seeing it for the first time. Don’t think of Mark Twain, or media, just think of it as a book you see somewhere, whether it be school, or on your grandparents shelf, or at the local library.

>>24527297 (OP)
"wow nigger jim sure got a raw deal! write a five paragraph essay about how bad they treated jim the nigger!" flies better in american high schools than childlike whimsy. teachers in an increasingly mongrelized USA also find white southerners a lot easier to accept and sell as villains than a man named "injun joe"

>>24527814
>Injun Joe
I'm old enough to remember seeing a rerun of Wishbone where it was "Crazy Joe".

I like Twain's Joan of Arc book personally

>>24527297 (OP)
Because Twain shines as a nonfic writer, and Huck Finn is closest to his actual good stuff, his travel writing.

Plus, it has its own song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9ZbiBdJLv8