"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"

Good Day People- I began "Huck Finn" last night and hope to finish it in a few days. An important point for students- READ THE PREFACE!
Also, as you begin,as you read the dialogue between the characters it helps if you read it out loud. The dialect is quite phonetic and becomes clearer as you say the words. Keep me posted and I will do the same.

Sister Carrie - Part II

I have just completed "Sister Carrie". I have also perused the Sparknotes and , as usual, find them to set forth a pretty dry account of the novel. I urge students to read the novel and then check out other scholarship on the Web for back up.
Some possible ideas to focus on for papers:
Carrie's "American Dream"- did she achieve it and at what cost?
View of American women then and now.
I found Carrie to be a lost little thing, personally. I also kept wondering why her , Charles and George never really delved into any deep conversations about their situations.
What was happening in big cities when the novel was written? This topic could shed considerable light on many reactions you may have to the novel.
More to come.

Sister Carrie

Honors 11/ American Lit. students will read "Sister Carrie" as part of their summer reading assignment. I am nearly finished with the novel. I will be posting thoughts, themes, and my understanding of the classic as soon as I complete it. The novel was quite controversial when it was written in the early 1900's. There are many moral issues in the book that would have been positively scandalous during the era. My initial impression so far: "When bad things happen to good people"