The Yankees in 2010

After last years amazing 100+ wins season and the World Series win along with the last season being the inaugural season in the New Yankees Stadium, the Yankees will have tough time following this up. Now 100+ wins in the regular season is a spectacular feat and a rare accomplishment, however it is even more rare to do it two seasons in a row. The Yankees still have a great lineup for next year but they have gotten rid of Johnny Damon and Hideki Matsui. Getting rid of Johnny Damon was no big deal seeing as the Yankees are packed with faster, strong armed, better athletes for his position. The choice to get rid of World Series MVP, Hideki Matsui, was a border line decision. Matsui has been, and continued, to do very well as a Designated Hitter for the Bronx Bombers, but he is no use in the out field anymore due to his knee issues. These knee issues are also causing him to lose the speed that he once had. I think the Yankees should have kept Matsui and picked up another good or semi-decent Designated Hitter, this way they could continue to use Matsui, whom has more than earned the role as the Yankees' DH, but if he were to show a decrease in performance and not put up the numbers that he is expected to put up, then they would still have their back up DH to get the job done. But the decision to toss Damon I see to be an okay idea because the Yankees farm teams have been developing a lot of spectacular young out fielders as well as the ones that the Yankees have acquired. Getting rid of Johnny Damon was no big deal seeing as the Yankees are packed with faster, strong armed, better athletes for his position. Damon's numbers at the plate have decreased and he has a glass arm and his speed isn't what is use to be. Damon had a good run but the Yankees have a host of good out fielders to field all three spots such as Melky Cabrera, Gardner, Swisher, Golson, Winn, and Hoffman.

I want to know if Huck will ever return home.

Huck has been gone from home for a long time because he had ran away with Jim and made everyone in his home town believe he was murdered. He has been off with Jim on the adventure for a long time. Now, what brings a bit of curiosity to my mind is the thought if Huck might venture his way home once again. Huck is still only a child and I think he shouldn't be away from home for this long, however his father isn't exactly a good person for him to be around and grow up living with, not to mention the fact that he is an awful drunk role model. He also lived with an old widow who was rather controlling of him. The widow made him dress in attire that she would pick out and she was very strict with him. The widow didn't leave him with many choices for him to make, so he always had to do what she said instead of what he wanted every now and again. Also, all the money that Huck had a couple thousand dollars that the Judge held onto and gave him allowances of, and this money, Huck's father was after. Huck's father would force him to hand over all the money he got and every time Huck got his allowance from his fortune that the Judge held, his father would force him to hand it over. But not only did Huck's father take the money but he took it to buy whiskey and other alcoholic beverages and just get drunk. He made things miserable and awful for Huck. Huck's home life was awful and boreing for Huck, and although it's dangerous for him to be out and about like he is, I don't think he will ever go home because his life better fits his character and what he enjoys now. He seems to like his life better out and about than he did when he was home. He will miss his friends but now he has adventure and because of this I don't believe he plans on going back to that place.

Barefoot Children in the Rain

"Barefoot Children in the Rain" by Jimmy Buffet relates to the story of Huck Finn and Jim's adventures and occurrences in this novel. The song by Buffet almost reflects upon the novel by Mark Twain. "Barefoot Children in the Rain" by Jimmy Buffet seems to talk about the adventures of child hood. For example the song says "Fiction over fact always has my vote." This reflects the childish knowledge of children such as Huck Finn and his friends. In the novel, Huck Finn and his friends display fiction over fact when they sneak off at night and create their band of robbers. They imagine all the things they would do such as robbing travelers and people, killing people, and kidnapping women to take back to their secret hideout to fall in love with them. Also they didn't know what the word ransom meant, so therefore they made up a meaning for it that was completely off. They said that it meant they would take some men back to their hideout and let them die there. The song also discusses taking a raft down the river which ironically has a literal translation to the novel where Huck Finn and Jim take a raft down the Mississippi. The song also says "It's always understood by those who play the game" which talks about the unique mind of a child. Children's thoughts and thought process is so special and unique that adults do not understand them which also goes along with Huck and his friends robbing gang. Another quote from the song that relates to the novel is "Take me back to days full of monkeyshines Bouncin' on a bubble full of trouble in the summer sun." It talks about the live free and careless and all for fun lifestyle of children. Back in a time where you had no cares and no worries and most often very little if any hardships. Also, directly related to Huck, children spend their child hood flirting with trouble because doing troublesome things seems fun and enjoyable. In Huck's case there are running off, fibbing, stealing, and misbehaving.

Huck Finn 2/17/10

Huck feels bad about helping Jim to escape from Miss Watson. He feels bad because it was almost as if he was stealing from Miss Watson. Huck seems to develop a good relationship with Jim and doesn't feel so bad about helping him to escape. Jim was trying to escape slavery because Miss Watson was going to sell him down south. I believe that if he wasn't going to be sold down South he may have not escaped. Huck felt bad for helping him escape but he really is helping because the conditions and life of a Southern Slave are extremely cruel, harsh, and awful. Huck also feels bad about putting Jim through worry and then lieing to him. The two of them were separated in the fog and Huck couldn't see anything, nor could Jim. Well, Huck finally makes his way back and plays it off like Jim had been drunk or dreaming and that Huck had been there the entire time. Jim was extremely worried about Huck and said that it "'most broke" his heart. AFter lieing to Jim and putting him through that, he felt guilty and awful about it and changed his mind and had him admit what he had done to Jim. Huck says that if he knew that what he had done would make Jim feel so bad then he would not have done it. The change of heart at the end of the chapter displays who Huck is as a person. His change of heart shows that he is a caring person for he does feel bad about what he is doing. However, he cares about Jim and really is protecting him by helping him run away, which is why I believe he has the change of heart.