Summary of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn :: Huck Finn American Literature Essays

Summary of The Adventures of huckleberry FinnThe narrator (later identified as huckleberry Finn) begins Chapter whiz by stating that the reader may know of him from another book, The Adventures of Tom sawyer by Mr. Mark Twain, but it aint t no matter if you tolerate not. According to Huck, Twain mostly told the truth, with some stretchers thrown in, though everyone--except Toms auntie Polly, the widow, and maybe Mary--lies once in a while. The other book stop with Tom and Huckleberry finding the gold some robbers had hidden in a cave. They got six thousand dollars apiece, which Judge Thatcher put in trust, so that they to each one got a dollar a day from interest. The Widow Douglas adopted and well- move to civilise Huck. But Huck couldnt stand it so he threw on his old rags and ran away. But he went back when Tom Sawyer told him he could join his new band of robbers if he would return to the Widow and be respectable.The Widow lamented over her failure with Huck, tried to stuf f him into cramped clothing, and beforehand every meal had to grumble over the food before they could ware it. She tried to teach him about Moses, until Huck found out he was dead and lost interest. Meanwhile, she would not let him smoke typically, she disapproved of it because she had never tried it, but approved of snuff since she used it herself. Her slim sister who wears glasses, fell Watson, tried to give him spelling lessons.Meanwhile, Huck was going stir-crazy, made specially restless by the sisters constant reminders to improve his behavior. When put down Watson told him about the big(a) place, Hell, he burst out that he would like to go there, as a change of scenery. Secretly, Huck really does not see the prove in going to the good place and resolved then not to bother trying to get there. When Huck asked, Miss Watson told him there was no chance Tom Sawyer would end up in Heaven. Huck was glad because I wanted him and me to be together.One night, after Miss Watsons prayer session with him and the slaves, Huck goes to bed feeling so lonesome I wished I was dead. He gets shivers hearing the sounds of nature through his window. Huck accidentally flicks a spider into a candle, and is frightened by the perverting omen.