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 One by stating that the reader may know of him from another book, The Adventures of gobbler Sawyer by Mr. Mark Twain, exclusively it aint t no matter if you have not. consort to Huck, Twain mostly t sometime(a) the truth, with some stretchers thrown in, though all(prenominal)one--except Toms Aunt Polly, the widow, and possibly Mary--lies once in a while. The other book ended with Tom and Huckleberry finding the gold some robbers had hidden in a cave. They got sixsome thousand dollars apiece, which Judge Thatcher put in trust, so that they each got a dollar a day from interest. The leave Douglas adopted and assay to educate 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 reefer his new band of robbers if he would return to the Widow and be respectable.The Widow lamented over her failure wi th Huck, essay to stuff him into cramped clothing, and before every meal had to grumble over the food before they could eat it. She tried to teach him about Moses, until Huck found out he was breathless 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, Miss Watson, tried to give him spelling lessons.Meanwhile, Huck was going stir-crazy, made especially active by the sisters constant reminders to improve his behavior. When Miss Watson told him about the bad place, Hell, he burst out that he would like to go there, as a change of scenery. Secretly, Huck really does not see the point in going to the good place and resolved then not to spat trying to get there. When Huck asked, Miss Watson told him there was no destiny Tom Sawyer would end up in Heaven. Huck was cheerful because I wanted him and me to be together.One night, af ter Miss Watsons charm 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 by luck flicks a spider into a candle, and is frightened by the bad omen.