The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel written by Mark Twain in 1884. First published by Bantam Dell in New York, the 293 page book serves as a thrilling sequel to Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The book as depicted by the title as about a fictional adventure that Huckleberry Finn finds himself on.
The book takes place in the South in the time before the Civil War broke out. Readers stay alongside Huckleberry Finn as he travels throughout the south with the slave of Huck’s caretaker, Jim. The antagonists of the story are more of the idea that men in Huck’s life are against him. Many people can be placed as the antagonists, from Huckleberry’s father in the beginning to the duke or the king later in the story. This first person pov is recognized …show more content…
The book starts off by recapping the events of the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and moves onto how Huckleberry Finn has been taken in by an old Widow. Readers experience Huck’s slow integration into the life of a regular lad, but that soon is lost when Huckleberry’s missing father returns to the scene and attempts to get the money Huckleberry had gained in the previous book. The rising action begins when Huckleberry’s “Pap” kidnaps him and Huck is forced to run away from his drunken mess of a father. Soon after, Huck meets up with the slave of the widow he had previously been staying with. The slave, Jim, tells Huck that everyone thinks that Huck drowned and Huck sees the opportunity to escape and travel. The two head out and for the majority of the book readers live the different adventures that Huck and Jim find themselves on. At one point, the duo find themselves traveling with a pair of nogood frauds that insist on being called the duke and the king, claiming they are of royal descent. Huck is quick to determine that neither man is who they say they
The book takes place in the South in the time before the Civil War broke out. Readers stay alongside Huckleberry Finn as he travels throughout the south with the slave of Huck’s caretaker, Jim. The antagonists of the story are more of the idea that men in Huck’s life are against him. Many people can be placed as the antagonists, from Huckleberry’s father in the beginning to the duke or the king later in the story. This first person pov is recognized …show more content…
The book starts off by recapping the events of the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and moves onto how Huckleberry Finn has been taken in by an old Widow. Readers experience Huck’s slow integration into the life of a regular lad, but that soon is lost when Huckleberry’s missing father returns to the scene and attempts to get the money Huckleberry had gained in the previous book. The rising action begins when Huckleberry’s “Pap” kidnaps him and Huck is forced to run away from his drunken mess of a father. Soon after, Huck meets up with the slave of the widow he had previously been staying with. The slave, Jim, tells Huck that everyone thinks that Huck drowned and Huck sees the opportunity to escape and travel. The two head out and for the majority of the book readers live the different adventures that Huck and Jim find themselves on. At one point, the duo find themselves traveling with a pair of nogood frauds that insist on being called the duke and the king, claiming they are of royal descent. Huck is quick to determine that neither man is who they say they