So, I've been thinking about it, and I've concluded that I really find Huck and Jim's arguments about Solomon and Frenchmen interesting. In particular, I'm somewhat intrigued by Jim's thought process. Jim seems to look at things in the simplist and most practical way, overlooking deeper meanings or as Huck would say, "the point." It's like he's on the surface level and spreads his ideas across that hypothetical horizontal plane exclusively. (<--Heheh, that was a fun phrase to write) And Jim is so centered around his own life experiences that he can't comprehend things beyond it - like different peoples and their languages. He doesn't even understand language! But if that's all you've ever known or been taught, then why or how could you believe differently? Surely it would be difficult to change your whole perception of the world like that, and clearly it was too much for Jim. But let me ask you something - Is Jim's ignorance really all that bad? I mean, look at our country now - it's jumped to the other extreme, hasn't it? Now your means of education (be it tv/news, school, friends, professors) is probably wasting your time and money telling you that your nation and your language are not special and certainly nothing to be proud of. And if you say otherwise, you're a "racist" or a "radical, narrow-minded conservative." Aaaah, there's no way to win. Might as well just live in a hole like Jim and leave the world to worry about itself. :) Just kidding. But seriously - it's alright to be patriotic and love your language. It's OK. :)
~Huckleberry's Friend
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