Week One: Post 1

So, Huckleberry Finn. It's certainly an interesting, unique name. Huck's character is less creative than his name, though, because he seems to represent "the Realists" of his day. Tom Sawyer, on the other hand, is quite the imaginitive one. :) In fact, Tom Sawyer reminds me of Peter Pan! - the boy who never grew up, living his life in adventurous, care-free childhood.
Huck seems older even if he's not - more sober, pondersome. He really thinks about things. In the first couple chapters, Huck mentions a few instances when he took the time to go think about something. He's like the kid at school who's not necessarily academic, but you know he's always thinking about something and not floating through the classrooms like others. Tom Sawyer has book-learning, but he doesn't think like Huck does - not in the same way, at least. Tom thinks about things as they could be, while Huck thinks about things as they are.
Maybe if I was to categorize them as "optimists," "pessimists," or "realists," I'd say that (so far, anyway) Tom seems to be an optimist, and Huck seems to be (like I said before) a realist. But let me just plug this in here at the end: I think it's funny how so many people consider themselves realists. :) It is my belief that a lot more people are pessimists than would like to admit it. Duhh, you know you're not an optimist - but that doesn't mean you're a realist. I'll confess that I finally came to terms with my pessimism :) - to the best of my reckoning, I'm a pessimist with moments of optimism who would rather be a realist. A pessimist doesn't necessarily equal Eeyore or the cranky old neighbor stereotype. I believe it's just where really thinking about things can take you... sadly.

~Huckleberry's
Friend

P.S. You probably don't know where I'm really coming from with "Huckleberry's Friend." I'll just say, it has nothing to do with Adventures of Huckleberry Finn... :)