The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and...

Literature allows the freedom of unrealistic worlds and stories to exist, so why would anyone want to read a picaresque novel? The answer is simple, but the reason is not. Human beings love to place themselves in what they read; we are selfish like that. Classic literature, such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has proved that. Readers relate to Huckleberry Finn because he is not perfect, rather he is flawed and he is human. The same goes for Jack Crabb in his story of Little Big Man. Though these are tales of fiction, they depict Huckleberry and Jack as ordinary people finding themselves in wild experiences. They survive the situations thrown at them with their roguish characteristics in a way the common person can relate.†¦show more content†¦Jack Crabb is also familiar with con artistry, exposing a crook named Allardyce on sheer accident. This led to them cheating a jewelry store out of two thousand dollars, so Crabb could repay some of his heavy debt. While both Hu ckleberry and Jack Crabb have participated in dishonest practices, it does not take away the merit of their characters. Ultimately, both were doing it for not themselves, but for others. The journeys of both these roguish characters are filled with excitement and humor. The life of Jack Crabb is an unusual one. His story begins with his family being killed by Cheyenne Indians, and then he is raised by said Cheyenne. He earns the name Little Big Man while protecting his enemy, Younger Bear, until he is forced to reintegrate with white society. Soon after running away from his adopted home, Little Big Man drifts from place to place. In his wandering he was involved in historic moments of American history: surviving the Washita Massacre, befriending Wild Bill Hickok, watching his sister fight Calamity Jane, and being the sole white survivor of Custers Last Stand. While talking to Jim about the malicious duke and king, Huckleberry says that all kings is mostly rapscallions (Twain 138) and you have to take them all around, theyre a mighty ornery lot (Twain 139). Before that, Huckleberry comes across a man named Sherburn who kills the town fool in cold blood. Sherburn is faced with a lynching bee but he proclaims