Huckleberry Finn Chapter Summary
Sadly all good things must come to an end, and that is the case in the final chapters of Huckleberry Finn. After returning the gold to the dead man’s daughter and escaping the two thieves, Huck stole the money from the King and hid it in the dead man’s coffin. Huck and Mary Jane developed a plan to tell the townspeople everything, but that took a sudden change when they all of a sudden exhumed the body to truly identify the man and in turn, exposing the money. As the townspeople tried to figure out what to do, Huck slipped off in the raft right before the two frauds reached it. When Huck came to the next town, he found out that Jim had been turned by the king to the authorities for being a runaway slave. Luckily though Huck runs into good old Tom Sawyer to help him get Jim back. They are able to get Jim out, but Tom is shot in the process by a bullet. Tom treasures this bullet, since it didn’t kill him, and makes a necklace out of it. They give Jim $40 and set him on his merry way, freed. Tom goes to stay with his aunt and uncle, but Huck heads out west after refusing the offer that Tom’s aunt made to adopt him. After all, Huck isn’t having none of that civilizing.
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The end of the book leaves Huck heading out west seeking adventure.
This idea is a similar reminder of the Manifest Destiny. In the time this book is set in, heading west and starting a new life was a very prevalent idea. In fact, the government would even pay you to go and explore this land. The gold rush had not yet taken place, so maybe Huck will become a gold miner, and striking it rich. He has a habit of having fortunes falling into his hands, so it would certainly not be out of character. At the same time, this could be the demise of Huckleberry Finn. Thousands of Americans died on the journey west. Events such as the Donner Party were of the norm, so maybe he met his match at the hands of a violent and unforgiving mother nature. Regardless of what could happened, it would make for a great interesting
read. While many books are set in the middle nineteenth century, none of them were based around the Mississippi up until this point. Many people think they have a great understanding, but this book offers a different perception not often seen. Even though these scenarios in the book are realistic, it still is fiction. The characters and events are made up, but the idealisms of the people is the same. This book presents a great image of how people lived and thought in that region at that time. Though race was still a major part of life back them, the book gave a sense that it was not so as fierce as people made it seem. When Jim ran away from the widow, it was for fear of being sent to the plantations in New Orleans, where the slaves were treated horrendously. The area where Huck lived isn’t really as bad as many would regularly believe. Yes the slaves were treated far less than the white people, but they weren’t beat near to death every single day as always preached in History class. Mark Twain, regardless, has written a beautiful depiction of the south from the mid-1800s. Now what questions could be arose from this book? As it was stated before, what would happen when Huck goes out west? If Mark Twain had actually been done with Huck, it would be more likely he would stay close to the Mississippi. So why Mark Twain would have sent this young boy all the way out west? Maybe he was planning a sequel for this book, but it never came to be. Maybe Huck would find some nice Indians and become their chief, but that would have to be another total story. That would have been a great book however, but no one will surely know for sure other than the man himself, Mark Twain. This book was an amazing read. It was very easy to keep entertained and satisfied up until the very end. It is easy to see how this book is one of the greatest books ever wrote. Mark Twain is an amazing author. He has captured not only the imaginations of one generation of readers, but the many imaginations of multiple generations of young readers. It compelled the average person to turn the page, “just one more time.’ In the preface to this book, it said not to worry if you have yet to read Tom Sawyer, because it is a separate set of adventures. While that is found to be a true statement, it really would have helped to read the other book beforehand. It was and amazing read that will not be easily forgotten.
The end of the book leaves Huck heading out west seeking adventure.
This idea is a similar reminder of the Manifest Destiny. In the time this book is set in, heading west and starting a new life was a very prevalent idea. In fact, the government would even pay you to go and explore this land. The gold rush had not yet taken place, so maybe Huck will become a gold miner, and striking it rich. He has a habit of having fortunes falling into his hands, so it would certainly not be out of character. At the same time, this could be the demise of Huckleberry Finn. Thousands of Americans died on the journey west. Events such as the Donner Party were of the norm, so maybe he met his match at the hands of a violent and unforgiving mother nature. Regardless of what could happened, it would make for a great interesting
read. While many books are set in the middle nineteenth century, none of them were based around the Mississippi up until this point. Many people think they have a great understanding, but this book offers a different perception not often seen. Even though these scenarios in the book are realistic, it still is fiction. The characters and events are made up, but the idealisms of the people is the same. This book presents a great image of how people lived and thought in that region at that time. Though race was still a major part of life back them, the book gave a sense that it was not so as fierce as people made it seem. When Jim ran away from the widow, it was for fear of being sent to the plantations in New Orleans, where the slaves were treated horrendously. The area where Huck lived isn’t really as bad as many would regularly believe. Yes the slaves were treated far less than the white people, but they weren’t beat near to death every single day as always preached in History class. Mark Twain, regardless, has written a beautiful depiction of the south from the mid-1800s. Now what questions could be arose from this book? As it was stated before, what would happen when Huck goes out west? If Mark Twain had actually been done with Huck, it would be more likely he would stay close to the Mississippi. So why Mark Twain would have sent this young boy all the way out west? Maybe he was planning a sequel for this book, but it never came to be. Maybe Huck would find some nice Indians and become their chief, but that would have to be another total story. That would have been a great book however, but no one will surely know for sure other than the man himself, Mark Twain. This book was an amazing read. It was very easy to keep entertained and satisfied up until the very end. It is easy to see how this book is one of the greatest books ever wrote. Mark Twain is an amazing author. He has captured not only the imaginations of one generation of readers, but the many imaginations of multiple generations of young readers. It compelled the average person to turn the page, “just one more time.’ In the preface to this book, it said not to worry if you have yet to read Tom Sawyer, because it is a separate set of adventures. While that is found to be a true statement, it really would have helped to read the other book beforehand. It was and amazing read that will not be easily forgotten.