Mr Sam Case

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a popular high school book report topic. For those who are not familiar with Mark Twain's novel that first introduced the reader to the character of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn opens with a summary of what preceded it in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The two novels take place along the Mississippi River, which serves as an additional character in the story, in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The reader learns of a large sum of money Huckleberry Finn, an orphan, camThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a popular high school book report topic. For those who are not familiar with Mark Twain's novel that first introduced the reader to the character of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn opens with a summary of what preceded it in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The two novels take place along the Mississippi River, which serves as an additional character in the story, in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. The reader learns of a large sum of money Huckleberry Finn, an orphan, came into at the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins with Finn, who has been adopted by The Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson, being "civilized" via schooling and church.

Although Finn is none too happy with his new situation, he continues his education to spite his father, Pap Finn, who has re-emerged in hopes of acquiring his son's new found fortune. Pap Finn is a violent drunkard who eventually kidnaps his son and holds him in a cabin across the river. Fearing the progression of his father's beatings, Huck fakes his death and escapes the cabin. He hides out on Jackson Island, in the middle of the Mississippi River, where he comes upon Jim, Miss Watson's escaped slave. Jim had escaped Miss Watson after overhearing her talk of selling him to another plantation. The teaming up of Huck and Jim begins a storyline that flows throughout the novel whereby Huck struggles with his conscience between slavery and society's rules. Jim and Huck fear being caught on Jackson Island and subsequently are able to acquire a raft and loot a home that is floating down the river. In the home is the body of a man who has been shot. Jim hides the face of the victim from Huck.

After learning of a reward being offered for Jim's return, Jim and Huck plan to float down the Ohio River where they will make their way to the free states where slavery is prohibited. Several times Huck is forced to conceal Jim, again struggling with his conscience in terms of what is right and wrong and whether Jim is truly someone else's property. Huck and Jim end up