The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - Book Summary

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Zusammenfassung

TLDRMark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,' published in 1884, is a picaresque novel that explores themes of race, freedom, and friendship. The story follows young Huck Finn, a boy from the Antebellum South, who escapes his abusive father and joins Jim, a runaway slave, on a journey down the Mississippi River. Their adventures lead them to confront societal norms and injustices, particularly regarding slavery. Huck's development is marked by his growing moral understanding and friendship with Jim, as they navigate danger, conmen, and family feuds along the way. Ultimately, Huck chooses a life of freedom over civilization, reflecting Twain's critique of Southern society.

Mitbringsel

  • 🌊 Huck Finn, a young boy, seeks freedom from abusive family life.
  • 🤝 Huck teams up with Jim, a runaway slave, on their journey.
  • 🚣‍♂️ They navigate the Mississippi River, facing various challenges.
  • 🎭 Encounter with conmen, the Duke and the King, complicates their journey.
  • 🏰 The story features themes of race and moral growth.
  • 📖 Huck struggles with societal norms and personal ethics.
  • 💰 A subplot involves deceptions surrounding an inheritance.
  • 🏞️ The novel illustrates the stark contrasts of Southern society.
  • 🚫 Huck fakes his death to escape from his father.
  • ✨ Ultimately, Huck values freedom over conformity and civilization.

Zeitleiste

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, published in 1884 by Mark Twain, is heralded as one of the Great American novels. It recounts the story of Huck Finn, a boy from the Antebellum South, and Jim, an enslaved man, as they escape down the Mississippi River. The narrative begins with Huck discovering treasure and grappling with his abusive father, Pap. After faking his own death to escape Pap's beatings, Huck finds refuge on Jackson's Island, where he meets Jim. Together, they embark on a journey down the river, facing various trials and forming a deep friendship.

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Video-Fragen und Antworten

  • What is the main theme of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn?

    The main themes include friendship, race, and the struggle for freedom.

  • Who are the main characters in the novel?

    The main characters are Huckleberry Finn and Jim.

  • Where does the story take place?

    The story takes place along the Mississippi River during the antebellum South.

  • What motivates Huck to run away?

    Huck runs away to escape his abusive father and the constraints of civilization.

  • How does Huck view society throughout the novel?

    Huck questions the morals and values of society, particularly regarding slavery.

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a
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    picaresque novel written by Mark Twain
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    and published in 1884.
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    wildly ranked among the Great American
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    novels the book has also been the
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    subject of controversy in part because
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    Twain used hook to comment on
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    slavery-era Southern Society Through The
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    Eyes of a young boy
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    often considered Twain's Masterpiece The
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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the
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    coming-of-age story of Huck Finn a
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    disadvantaged boy living in the
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    Antebellum South who teams up with the
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    enslaved gym to escape their troubles by
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    selling down the Mississippi River
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    said in 19th century Saint Petersburg
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    Missouri the novel opens on The
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    Adventurous Huckleberry Finn or Huck
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    shortly after he and his fanciful friend
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    Tom Sawyer have discovered twelve
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    thousand dollars in Treasure
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    judge Thatcher a respected citizen in
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    Saint Petersburg invests the money to
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    keep it safe
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    and Huck is adopted by the
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    well-intentioned Widow Douglas and her
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    sister Miss Watson who attempt to
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    civilize the boy despite his desire to
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    remain Wild
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    Huck eventually runs away but Tom finds
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    him and convinces him to return home
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    one day
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    Huck discovers footprints in the snow
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    and recognizes them as belonging to his
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    abusive absentee father pap
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    confers that Pap has returned to claim
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    the money that Huck found
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    despite the Widow's attempts to gain
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    custody of Huck a new judge in town
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    Awards custody to pap
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    he and Huck relocate to a log cabin
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    but after receiving frequent beatings at
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    the hands of his alcoholic father Huck
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    fakes his own death
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    steals a canoe and escapes down the
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    Mississippi River
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    Huck lands on Jackson's Island and sets
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    up camp
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    after a few days he stumbles Upon A
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    still smoldering campfire and discovers
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    Miss Watson's slave Jim who also escaped
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    after overhearing the Widow's plan to
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    sell him to a slave trader
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    while Jim is initially frightened to
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    Seahawk whom he believed to be dead the
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    unlikely pair soon come to appreciate
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    each other's company during their stay
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    on Jackson Island the river Rises
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    culminating in an entire house floating
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    past them on the river
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    when Huck and Jim climb aboard they find
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    a dead man inside
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    Jim inspects the body and realizes it
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    must be Pap but keeps this a secret from
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    Huck
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    meanwhile Huck returns to town disguised
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    as a girl and learns that both Pap and
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    Jim are suspects in Huck's murder
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    discovering that the town also suspects
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    that Jim is hiding on Jackson Island
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    Huck and Jim decide to flee building a
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    raft Huck and Gem float Downstream by
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    night and hide on Shore by day
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    one day they come upon a wrecked
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    Steamboat and climb aboard for they
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    overhear two thieves plotting to kill a
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    third man on board
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    Huck and Jim tried to jump ship but find
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    that their raft has floated away and
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    managed to steal the robber's skiff
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    instead
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    shortly after they see the capsized
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    Steamboat floating Downstream again now
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    far enough below the water line to have
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    drowned everyone on board
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    coming upon their original raft they
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    continued Downstream with two vessels
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    as Hawk and Jim drift down the
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    Mississippi they become close friends
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    they formulate a plan to reach Cairo
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    where they can take a steamship up the
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    Ohio river and into the free states
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    however the two are separated during a
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    dense fog with Huck in the canoe and gym
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    on the raft when they find each other in
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    the morning it becomes clear that they
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    passed Cairo in the fog
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    Days Later a steamboat runs over their
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    raft and forces Huck and Jim to jump
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    overboard
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    again they are separated and must swim
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    for their lives
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    when Huck reaches Shore he comes upon
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    the grangerfords a kind family who
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    invites Huck to live with them
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    the family takes good care of Huck until
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    one day when an old family feud between
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    the grangerfords and the shepherdsons is
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    rekindled within one day all the
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    grangerford men are killed including
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    Huck's new best friend buck
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    amid the chaos Huck finds Jim and
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    together they resume their Journey Down
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    River
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    further Downstream Huck rescues two
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    humbugs known as The Duke and the king
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    who take control of the raft
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    the Duke and the King hatch a scheme to
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    make money by cheating people along the
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    river using a technique they call the
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    Royal none such which involves staging
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    an absurd theater performance before
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    abruptly leaving town
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    after swindling one town the Duke and
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    the King escape with 400 dollars
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    down the river the con men learn about a
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    large inheritance meant for three
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    recently orphaned sisters and pretend to
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    be the girl's British uncles
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    but a hug is Charmed by the girls and
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    vows to protect them from the King and
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    Duke's schemes while the king is
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    sleeping Huck hides the girl's
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    inheritance a large bag of gold in the
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    coffin belonging to their dead father
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    Peter Wilkes
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    eventually the girl's real uncles arrive
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    and challenge the con Men by claiming
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    that their brother has a tattoo on his
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    chest
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    the townspeople decide to assume Wilkes
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    body and discover the gold
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    in the confusion Hawk escapes once again
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    but the king and the Duke catch up to
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    Huck and sell Jim into slavery lying
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    that he's a runaway slave from New
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    Orleans
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    resolved to rescue Jim Huck is relieved
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    to discover that the house where Jim is
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    being kept belongs to Tom Sawyer's Aunt
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    Sally
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    initially Aunt Sally and her husband
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    Silas mistake hook for Tom who is due
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    for a visit
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    when Tom himself arrives he pretends to
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    be Sid his younger brother
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    together Huck and Tom plot to help Jim
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    Escape
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    one night the boys spring gym free and
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    attempt to run away
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    but the local farmers pursue them with
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    guns shooting Tom in the leg
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    Huck manages to fetch a doctor who
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    brings Tom back to town on a stretcher
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    and gym in Chains
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    once again Jim is treated poorly until
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    Tom demands that Jim Go free arguing
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    that Jim took care of him in the wake of
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    his injury
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    just in time Tom's Aunt Polly arrives
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    concerned by her sister's news of Sid's
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    arrival
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    Polly tells the boy that Widow Douglas
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    passed away and freed Jim and her will
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    grateful to Huck Jim reveals that Pap
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    was the dead man in the house
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    Huck 2 is free
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    although Tom's Aunt Sally offers to
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    adopt Huck he insists that he is better
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    off uncivilized and declares his plans
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    to go west
Tags
  • Huckleberry Finn
  • Mark Twain
  • picaresque
  • adventure
  • slavery
  • freedom
  • Mississippi River
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • Southern Society