Huck leaves Tom and Jim in hiding to get a doctor. They find and release Jim, only to be chased by townspeople with guns. Huck pretends to be Tom and, when Tom arrives, he pretends to be his brother, Sid. Huck finds Jim at, of all places, Tom Sawyer’s Aunt Sally’s house. Later, the Duke and King turn Jim in as a runaway slave. When the man is exhumed, the gold found, and the Duke and King proved wrong, Huck and Jim take off on the raft, with the Duke and King in hot pursuit. ![]() When their real uncles arrive, the Duke and King are challenged to prove their identities by describing a tattoo on the dead father’s chest. Huck steals the gold from the King and hides it in the girls’ father’s coffin. They pretend to be the girls’ uncles and trick a large bag of gold from them. After making 400 dollars on a scam called the Royal Nonesuch, the scam artists invent a con to trick three orphaned girls out of their inheritance. They take control of the raft, cheating townspeople as they travel along. ![]() After the feud erupts and the Grangerford men are killed, Huck and Jim take off again on a new raft.ĭownriver, Huck finds two scam artists, the Duke and the King. Huck reaches shore and is taken in by the Grangerfords, a family involved in a feud with another family, the Shepherdsons. In the middle of a deep fog, they pass Cairo.Ī while later, a steamboat runs over their raft and Huck and Jim jump for their lives. They head toward Cairo intending to take a steamship to a free state. The two float downriver sharing stories and adventures. Jim and Huck leave the island to avoid discovery. Huck returns to town disguised as a girl and learns that both Jim and Pap are suspected in his apparent murder. They also find a dead body that Jim realizes is Pap. With the Mississippi rising, Huck and Jim explore a house floating by, finding some money and provisions. He discovers that Miss Watson’s slave, Jim, is also hiding on the island. When Pap goes to town to drink, Huck fakes his own death and hides out on Jackson’s Island. Judge Thatcher and the Widow try to get custody of Huck, but a new judge won’t allow it and Pap kidnaps Huck and imprisons him. Huck "sells" his treasure to Judge Thatcher so that Pap can’t get it. He hates having to be on time, act politely, pray, and study.Įarly in the story, Huck finds Pap’s distinctive boot prints in the snow and realizes his abusive father has returned. Huck spends some time complaining about being cared for by the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. ![]() He describes the treasure found by the boys and how it was invested for them. The two share friendship and adventure as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft.Īt the start of the story, Huck tells the reader what has happened since The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck’s buddy during his adventures is Jim, a runaway slave. Through him, the reader judges society on its faults and strengths. ![]() Huckleberry Finn is the main character and narrator, who is writing his story. The book is humorous and the author shines a revealing light on traditions that the South still followed at the time of its publication, which was after the Civil War. "Book" Title The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Link Author Twain, MarkĪdventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain’s masterpiece.
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