When one reads the very first page of Twains book, a sense of adventure and mystery can be readily found. Huckleberry Finn starts off by describing how his adventures in life had all begun. He and his friends form a gang, first by writing their name in blood and second, by taking an oath that vows to never reveal their secrets to anyone. If one reveals their secrets to anyone, they would be killed and their family would be killed also. At first glance while reading this page, it would seem as t

The last section of Twains book is where Huck goes ashore to rescue Jim. He was caught by some people who believed him to be a runaway slave from down below New Orleans. This notion was started by a flyer that was found on the raft that had been faked by some of Huck's former raft companions, the Duke and the Dauphin, as a way to keep from "losing" Jim. It is interesting to read about some of the people that Huck and Jim come in contact with. The Duke and the Dauphin hooked up with Huck and Jim and acted as though they were their friends, but instead they had an underlying plot to the whole situation. There is people in this life today that act like those supposed friends of Hucks. They will say and do anything to be your friend if they see that you have something that they want. There are people out in the world that only care about money, fame, or power and will not let anybody get in there way. It is sad to see people, such as the ones who made up the phony flyers about Jim, treat people the way they do and only care about themselves. What I like about this part of the book is how Huck tries to find a way to free Jim. Society has impressed upon Huck the concept that slavery was alright, but all along this adventure, Huck knows what a great friend and human-being Jim really is inside. So Huck decides that he would rather go to hell, than to let Jim fall back into slavery. If Huck had been a member of society, he wouldn't have even thought of looking for a person inside of Jim. But because of his open mindedness in taking things at face value, he gradually became aware that Jim was a beautiful person. Not just some supposed "nigger" or a piece of property that a white person could have their way with. He forms new and improved ideas about himself, about blacks, and about the world around him. Another critic goes on to say about how Twain talks about blacks; "Twain is using race as a single element in his entire picture of the hypocrisy of his society. In other words, Twain isn't attacking that whole darn race issue as much as he is attacking the society he lives in. Twain uses race to demonstrate the hypocrisy of the rich and the well-refined, among other things, and what better way to start demonstrating the falsities of a society of snobby landowners then by showing the vulgarity of their language a.k.a. the use of the "N" word. If Twain is saying anything about race, he is making an allegorical statement complaining that the civil war didn't end slavery, that living conditions are still undesirable for most blacks."

Towards the end of the novel I find how right Huck is about Jim. I find that southern culture hasn't corrupted Huck's common sense and how

Somehow Huck is made to go and live with his father once again. His father only wanted Huck so he could get the money that the Judge was holding for Huck. The old man tries many times to get the money, but each time fails. Through much continued emotional and physical abuse by Hucks father, he develops a plan to run away and never be seen again. As a child we all have problems that we wish we could run away from and never encounter again. We dream of places far away that we think will make us all better. Huck acts out on that desire for a better place and runs away to find that haven that we all wish to have. Huck Finn is a strong-willed character that goes through much in life and never gives up. He is a person that one can look up to for courage and strength. The first time that I read this book, as a child, I admired Huck for his courage and he gave me hope when I had trials in my own life. Twain personifies a mystic and power in this young boy, Huck Finn. A power that anyone can feed upon for hope in their own lives.

Hucks father has abandoned his son and left him with a person by the name of widow Douglas to care for him. Huck struggles living with the widow Douglas at first because he's accustom to a life of disorder a

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Approximate Pages = 18 (250 words per page double spaced)