Life is Full of Surprises

Life has many surprises, some of them are good and others are bad.You can have many different types of surprises. You can have them from your friends, your parents, a stranger, people from home, and even nature. This is about some surprises Huckleberry Finn had in the book written by Mark Twain.

First of all, the surprises that Huck received from home. After his father abandons him Huck Finn stays with an elderly widow. The widow takes very good care of Huck and teaches him the manners that he never had. After Huck find a big load of money which he tries to give to a judge. The judge said he would not take the money from Huck. Instead he would "buy" the money from him. Huck agrees and from then on out receives one dollar per day. Later Huck becomes really good friends with the widows slave Jim.

Secondly, the surprises Huck received from his father. Huck is going somewhere and notices footprints that could only be matched by his father who has a record for beating Huck. Huck's father is a major alcoholic and beats Huck. His father gets custody of him and forces him to live in a little shanty in the middle of the woods by a small river. Huck later kills a pig to fake a kidnapping to escape his father's brutal beatings. That is when he meets Jim again.

Thirdly, Huck had many surprises from and with his friends. Huck meets Jim and although they are strangers the keep each other company throughout the book. Huck and Jim discover that they are both runaways and help each other out. Huck and Jim find a raft and go down a river to escape their pasts. As the book progresses the different races of Huck and Jim does not have any effect on them. Also Huck and his friend Tom meet up towards the end of the book to save their slave friend Jim. They do many things to tell the family they are staying with, clues on how they are going to free Jim. They leave notes on doors to scare the family. After a while they eventually break Jim out and they are off again.

Next, the surprises Huck and Jim had on the river. During the middle of the book Huck loses Jim and the raft in a very heavy fog that took over the river. Huck had to look all night before finding them in the morning when the fog cleared. When Huck finally finds Jim he is very excited to see him since they were best of friends and they missed each others company over night. Later on the river Huck and Jim stumble upon what they thought was an empty house boat. They later notice was that there was a dead guy on the boat. What they didn't know until later was that the dead man was actually Huck's father.

Finally, although they are totally different people and races, Huck and Jim's trip on the river bring them noticeably closer. Towards the beginning of the trip Huck has to go to town to get some supplies for him and Jim. In order to not be noticed he has to dress up like a girl. When Huck invades a boat with some officers on it Jim has to distract them to save Huck from getting caught. Also when ever Huck was in any need for help Jim gave him advice on what to do. To make time pass Huck and Jim tell stories about their lives and what led up to them running away.

Well this is some ways Huckleberry Finn had surprise from people from home, his father, his friends, the nature around him, and most importantly of all Jim.