The darkest part of Huck Finn, seems to me, is when Col.
Sherburn faces down a mob that wants to lynch him for
shooting the town drunk. Shotgun in hand, he tells them that
they are all cowards, and that if they want to have a chance
to lynch him, they need to do it the Southern way, with
sheets over their heads, accompanied by at least half a
man.
Another good Twain noir title would be The Man Who Corrupted
Hadleyburg.
Bill Hagen
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>To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca
>Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: Influences: Nathanael
West
>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 22:05:59 GMT
>
>The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has some awfully
dark
>moments. How about the night Pap thinks he's the
Angel of
>Death? You have an armed kid who thinks he might have
to
>kill his father to save himself, a frightening
scene.
>
>Bill Crider
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