The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn
This story is about a boy named Huckleberry Finn (also known as Huck Finn). It takes place in Missouriin the
mid-1800 following the Civil War. His mother died and his father is constantly getting drunk. Huck grows up
following his own rules until he moves in with the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. Together, the women
attempt to civilize Huck by making him attend school, study religion,and act in a way the women find socially
acceptable. However Hucks free-spirited soul keep him from joing the constraining and lonely life life the two
women have in store for him. The freedom Huck seeks in Tom Sawyer's gang was very playful so he left the gang to
search for real adventure. Huck goes to Jackson Island where he meets a runaway slave named Jim. Jim has a
family, dreams, and talants, such as knowing "all-kinds of things about the future," people's personalities and
weather forecasting. However Huck sees Jim as a gullible slave. Huck plays many jokes on Jim, such as, the one with the
snake. Huck Finn killed a snake and put it near Jim's bed and Huck forgot and when Jim went nto bed the snakes mate was
there and he bit Jim but he was okay.
At the beginning of the book, Huck isn't doing well against society civilizing him, by the Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, and
other people. Next, Huch has to choose weather he should turn Jim in or to be his friend and keep him a secret. When Miss
Watson and the Widow Douglas try to civilize Huck, Huck's father reappears in town, and demands Huck’s money, so he kidnaps
Huck. Huck escapes him by faking his own death and going to Jackson’s Island, where he meets Jim and stays on the river with
him. Huck soon begins to question the rules the people have taught him. In order to protect Jim, he lies and makes up a story to
scare off some men searching for escaped slaves. Although Huck and Jim live a relatively peaceful...