Tuesday, 12 June 2007

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Summary

"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is considered by many to be a great test of all American novels. This sequel to Twain"s "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is a first person narrative told by its title character. The novel picks up where "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer " leaves off. Huck Finn who is now wealthy with the discovery of treasure at the end of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" finds himself in great danger from his abusive drunkard father who wishes to cash in on Huck fortune .Fearing for his life, Huck believes that he must run away from his home with the widow Douglas and her Sister, Miss Watson. Huck fakes his own death and escapes to Jackson Island.There he finds Miss Watsons escaped slave, Jim. Together they escape down the Mississippi River on a raft.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a story told in the time of slavery with language that embodies the regional dialects that are common to Twains work and the Mississippi River Valley in which Twain grew up.

Mohd Firdaus Bin Baharuddin (A111827)

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