Summary-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn essays

Summary-The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn essays In the beginning of the story Huckleberry Finn, a young teenaged boy, gets kidnapped by his drunken father, Pap. Pap beats him and locks him in a cabin. Huck then fakes his own death and runs away. He not only runs away to avoid Pap, but also to avoid being "sivilized." Along the way, he meets up with Jim. Jim is a black runaway who had overheard his owner, Miss Watson, talking about selling him to a plantation. Jim wants to find his wife and children, and by his conversations with Huck, it is apparent that Jim is also a human being with feelings. Though the present-day reader realizes this, it is something Huck has to become conscious of along the journey. The two become companions and find a raft and a house floating during a flood by the island on which they were hiding at. There is a shot man inside the house, but Jim doesnt let Huck see the mans face. They start downriver on the raft in search of the Ohio River, so that from there they can get on a steamboat to the free states. There is so much fog that they miss the opening to the river. There are distractions, also. That didnt help. A few days later, they encounter a pair of conmen. They introduce themselves as a Duke and a long-lost heir to the French throne. Huck sees through their act early on, but Jim doesnt. The men try to rob everyone they meet and after many scams their most awful one comesselling Jim to a farmer saying that there is a huge reward for him. Huck finds out where Jim is being held and it is none other than his best friend Tom Sawyers relatives home. They mistake Huck for Tom so he plays along pretending to be Tom. Then Tom actually arrives but Huck informs him of his situation and his plan to free Jim. Tom surprisingly and suspiciously agrees to help free Jim. He creates an elaborate way of doing so that it would maybe get them all killed. Jim manages to escape finally but in doing so, T...