The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain. This novel has been called one of the first Great American Novels. It is also said to be a sequel to Tom Sawyer, but it focuses more on Huck Finn and a more serious matter, slavery.
PLOT OVERVIEW
In the beginning of the novel, a young boy, Huckleberry Finn, starts his story complaining about the "sivilized" life he is living with sisters Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas. Huck's friend Tom Sawyer, creates a band of robbers with all the kids in town. Tom Sawyer is very adventurous and tends to bring out the true kid in Huck with his fake robberies and other scandals, especially against Miss Watson's slave, Jim. As soon as Huck's low-life dad, Pap, comes back and kidnaps Huck to a cabin in the woods, Huck realizes he needs to make his escape to a new life. Huck fakes his death and rides on a raft to Jackson's Island. While trying to stay hidden on the island, he sees ole Jim across the river. After convincing Jim he is not a ghost, Jim explains how he escaped from Miss Watson. They soon realize that they are both trying to escape and agree to stick together. Soon after finding out they are in danger of being found, they quickly leave Jackson's Island. They then came across robbers on old shipwreck and end up with the robbers stolen money. After realizing they missed where they wanted to turn on the river, Huck comes across two men looking for escaped slaves. Huck was able to come up with a quick lie, saying that his dad was sick with smallpox. Being afraid of catching the disease, the men quickly leave. During the night, Huck and Jim's raft was hit by a steamboat and they were then separated. Huck ended up with a family, the Grangerfords, where he quickly became friends with their boy, Buck. Buck told Huck of their feud with another family, The Sheperdson's. During Huck's stay, not only did he find Jim with a repaired raft, but he also saw the two families feud first- hand. During the war between the Grangerford's and the Sheperdson's, Huck witnessed the death of his new friend Buck. After fleeing the scene, he runs back to Jim and their raft. Days later, they are met by two men who claim to be a duke and a king. Although Huck quickly figured out they were both lying, frauds, he keeps it a secret from Jim and plays along. While traveling with the "duke and the king", Huck assists them with several scams along the towns. After scamming several towns with their ridiculous version of a play, they enter a town where they hear about the recent passing of a beloved father. The frauds quickly pretend to be the dead father's brothers that have come to claim their money. This is a turning point for Huck, because he begins to understand the horrible wrong doing of the two men. He grows in his maturity, ending up telling one of the family's daughter where the money is hidden. The real brothers came and the duke and the king were questioned about their identity.Huck the king and the duke all escaped back to the raft,and moved on south. After a few more scams Huck goes back to the raft and plans to escape from the king and the duke, but Jim is gone. Huck struggles with the idea of whether or not he should help Jim. This is the climax of the novel because Huck finally makes his own decision regarding freeing Jim, which is were Huck delivers one of his most famous quotes, "All right then, I'll go to hell". In accepting the fact that he is committing a "sin", he hurries to the house that is reportedly holding Jim. When arriving at the house, he was greeted by a woman who quickly called him, "Tom". Huck goes along with the lie and soon figures out that they believe Huck is actually their nephew (and Huck's bestfriend), Tom Sawyer! Huck needed to make sure he caught Tom up to speed on the whole situation, so when Tom arrived, he pretended to be his own half-brother, Sid. Tom surprisngly agreed to help free Jim, but most of Huck's plans were not good enough for him. Being very adventorous, Tom made sure they did everything by the book, making Jim do crazy things such as write his own coat of arms and befriend rats and snakes. After almost making Tom's aunt (Aunt Sally) insane, they eventually free Jim. During their escape, Tom got injured, so they had to find a doctor. The doctor ended up bringing Tom, Huck, and Jim back to the house, where they "captured" Jim again. After a lot of chaos, Tom ended up spilling all the truth about their plan. Tom was then prompted to say that Miss Watson ended up freeing Jim in her will before she died. That finally allowed Jim to be completely free and he gained a better reputation. For Huck, who was then adopted by Aunt Sally, he still was not quite satisfied of settling down in another civilized life and made plans with Tom to set out to Injun Territory.
PLOT OVERVIEW
In the beginning of the novel, a young boy, Huckleberry Finn, starts his story complaining about the "sivilized" life he is living with sisters Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas. Huck's friend Tom Sawyer, creates a band of robbers with all the kids in town. Tom Sawyer is very adventurous and tends to bring out the true kid in Huck with his fake robberies and other scandals, especially against Miss Watson's slave, Jim. As soon as Huck's low-life dad, Pap, comes back and kidnaps Huck to a cabin in the woods, Huck realizes he needs to make his escape to a new life. Huck fakes his death and rides on a raft to Jackson's Island. While trying to stay hidden on the island, he sees ole Jim across the river. After convincing Jim he is not a ghost, Jim explains how he escaped from Miss Watson. They soon realize that they are both trying to escape and agree to stick together. Soon after finding out they are in danger of being found, they quickly leave Jackson's Island. They then came across robbers on old shipwreck and end up with the robbers stolen money. After realizing they missed where they wanted to turn on the river, Huck comes across two men looking for escaped slaves. Huck was able to come up with a quick lie, saying that his dad was sick with smallpox. Being afraid of catching the disease, the men quickly leave. During the night, Huck and Jim's raft was hit by a steamboat and they were then separated. Huck ended up with a family, the Grangerfords, where he quickly became friends with their boy, Buck. Buck told Huck of their feud with another family, The Sheperdson's. During Huck's stay, not only did he find Jim with a repaired raft, but he also saw the two families feud first- hand. During the war between the Grangerford's and the Sheperdson's, Huck witnessed the death of his new friend Buck. After fleeing the scene, he runs back to Jim and their raft. Days later, they are met by two men who claim to be a duke and a king. Although Huck quickly figured out they were both lying, frauds, he keeps it a secret from Jim and plays along. While traveling with the "duke and the king", Huck assists them with several scams along the towns. After scamming several towns with their ridiculous version of a play, they enter a town where they hear about the recent passing of a beloved father. The frauds quickly pretend to be the dead father's brothers that have come to claim their money. This is a turning point for Huck, because he begins to understand the horrible wrong doing of the two men. He grows in his maturity, ending up telling one of the family's daughter where the money is hidden. The real brothers came and the duke and the king were questioned about their identity.Huck the king and the duke all escaped back to the raft,and moved on south. After a few more scams Huck goes back to the raft and plans to escape from the king and the duke, but Jim is gone. Huck struggles with the idea of whether or not he should help Jim. This is the climax of the novel because Huck finally makes his own decision regarding freeing Jim, which is were Huck delivers one of his most famous quotes, "All right then, I'll go to hell". In accepting the fact that he is committing a "sin", he hurries to the house that is reportedly holding Jim. When arriving at the house, he was greeted by a woman who quickly called him, "Tom". Huck goes along with the lie and soon figures out that they believe Huck is actually their nephew (and Huck's bestfriend), Tom Sawyer! Huck needed to make sure he caught Tom up to speed on the whole situation, so when Tom arrived, he pretended to be his own half-brother, Sid. Tom surprisngly agreed to help free Jim, but most of Huck's plans were not good enough for him. Being very adventorous, Tom made sure they did everything by the book, making Jim do crazy things such as write his own coat of arms and befriend rats and snakes. After almost making Tom's aunt (Aunt Sally) insane, they eventually free Jim. During their escape, Tom got injured, so they had to find a doctor. The doctor ended up bringing Tom, Huck, and Jim back to the house, where they "captured" Jim again. After a lot of chaos, Tom ended up spilling all the truth about their plan. Tom was then prompted to say that Miss Watson ended up freeing Jim in her will before she died. That finally allowed Jim to be completely free and he gained a better reputation. For Huck, who was then adopted by Aunt Sally, he still was not quite satisfied of settling down in another civilized life and made plans with Tom to set out to Injun Territory.