The+Adventures+of+Huckleberry+Finn2

Characters - Huck is a boy who comes from the lowest levels of white society. His father is always drinking and near the end he disappears for months. Widow Douglas tried to improve Huck, he resisted her attempts and maintained his independent self. The society has failed to protect Huck from his father, and though the widow tried to bring Huck to school and religious training, Huck resisted.
 * Huck Finn**

- Jim is an African American slave, and he was Huck’s companion while traveling down the river. Although he has been separated from his wife and children, and it is only the thought of a permanent separation from them that motivates his criminal act of running away from Miss Watson. On the river, Jim becomes a friend, to Huck, taking care of him without being intrusive or smothering. He cooks for Huck and shelters him from some of the worst horrors that they encounter, including the sight of Pap's corpse, and, for a time, the news of his father's passing.
 * Jim**

- Tom is the same age as Huck and his best friend. Tom believes in sticking strictly to the rules most of which have more to do with style than with morality or anyone's welfare. Tom shows how cruel the society was. He knew all along that Miss Watson has died and that Jim was a free man, however, he kept that information from Jim and Tom entertained himself with Jim’s escape plan.
 * Tom Sawyer**

- Tom Sawyer's guardian. She arrives at the Phelps' farm and reveals Tom and Huck's true identities.
 * Aunt Polly**

- Widow Douglas has adopted Huck and tried to provide a stable home for Huck. She sends him to school and reads the Bible to him. Huck finds her ways very restrictive.
 * Widow Douglas**

Plot Summary

Huck isn't happy with his life with Miss Watson. Huck's drunken father shows up and he tries to get custody of Huck. His father kidnaps him and keeps him locked in a cabin. Then Huck kills a pig to make it look like someone broke into the cabin and killed him so he could escape. He arrived on an island where he ran into Jim. The townspeople started to search the river for his body. Jim and Huck have to leave the island because a man saw smoke. They missed Ohio and Huck and Jim meet the Grangerford family. Then they met two "aristocrats" who are always committing crimes. The Duke and Dauphin sell Jim to a farmer (tom's aunt and uncle are holding him) Huck and Tom think of an elaborate plan to free Jim. Jim is freed, but Tom gets shot in the leg. When Jim and Tom wake up the next morning, Tom tells Jim he has been a free man for two months already because it was in Miss Watson's will. In the end Huck wants to go on an adventure to the west. Setting St. Petersburg Missouri and the Mississippi River.

 1835-1845
Themes Racism SlaverySuperstitions **Key Quotes 1. When Huck and Tom were getting ready for free Jim. "Tom told me what his plan was, and I see in a minute it was worth fifteen of mine for style, and would make Jim just as free man as mine would, and not maybe get us killed besides. So I was satisfied, and said we would waltz in on it."   Climax   Huck decides to not write to Miss Watson to tell her the Phelps family is holding Jim, then Tom and Huck try to free Jim and Tom gets shot in the leg.   Symbols The Mississippi River