Summary
-Huck Finn is living in
Missouri, being “sivilized” by Miss Watson and her sister, a widow.
-Huck spends most of his
time hanging out with Tom Sawyer
-Miss Watson owns a
slaved named Jim (important to the rest of the story)
-The two guys had found $6,000
each recently (Last novel)
-Huck feels bad about
having the money so he turns it in the the Judge
-That night, Huck’s
father (everyone thought he was dead) shows up and demands money from Huck
-After arguing for a
while, Huck’s dad kidnaps him and they both go to live in a shack by the river
-Huck decides that he
doesn’t want to stay with his dad and fakes his death
-He eventually finds an
island (Jackson’s Island) and stays there for a couple days
-While there, he finds
Jim, Miss Watson’s slave, who had run away as well
-They come up with a plan
to make their way to free states
-As they leave the
island, Jim finds a dead man. Jim tells
Huck not to look at him and they begin to raft down the river
-They come across a
steamship (during a thunderstorm) and, while aboard, discover 3 robbers
-Huck escapes and the
steamship sinks during the storm, along with the 3 robbers
-They continue to float
down the river and enter heavy fog. When
they come out of it, they stop to ask where they are and had past Cairo
-They get back on the
river. A bit later, a steamboat crashes
into the raft. Huck and Jim are separated
-Huck makes it to shore
in the midst of two feuding aristocratic families
-During Huck’s stay, a
large battle takes place and many members of both families die
-Jim finds Huck and they
build another raft
-As they sail down the
river, they pick up two men (who turn out to be con artist)
-They plan to rip people
off by performing a play (which turns out to be a man pouncing around naked)
-They barley escape and
head down stream again
-They come across a funeral
session and pretend to be brothers of the deceased man to gain his inheritance
(only the con artists do)
-Huck gives in and tells
the niece about the con artists’ plan and they hide the money
-Huck, Jim, and the 2
guys leave as things begin to get tense
-When Huck is distracted,
the two men sell Jim and then waste all the money on whiskey
-Huck leaves in search of
Jim
-He finds the farm and
when confronted by the farmer, is mistaken to be Tom Sawyer, the farmer’s
nephew
-Tom eventually comes and
pretends to be his little brother
-They locate Jim and Tom
decides to come up with an elaborate escape plan
-The plan happens but
ends up with Tom getting shot
-Jim gets caught and is
ready to be executed but the doctor reveals that Jim helped him save Tom
-The boys reveal their
true identities and it is also revealed that Miss Watson died so he had been
set free
-Jim finally tells Huck
that the dead guy they had found was actually Huck’s father
-Huck sets west with the
$6,000 the judge decided to give back
THE END
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