Resumo de The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

A classic in it's own right, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel written by renowned American author Mark Twain in 1884. Supposedly the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it is in fact, a story of it own, merely containing character from Tom Sawyer. The aforementioned was the main character of the first book, while the protagonist of Huckleberry Finn is none other than Huck Finn himself. Huckleberry Finn is counted as one of the first and few Great American Classics, and also happened to be the first to be written in the vernacular style, or in common speech.
Twain is considered to be one of America?s greatest writers. Authoring classics such as The Prince and the Pauper as well as A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur?s Court. Twain enjoyed writing stories about American life, and especially life on the American frontier. More often than not, his stories incorporated ideas that sprung from his times as a sailor aboard a Mississippi steamboat. He was well noted in his works for his sharp sense of wit and humor, as well as sarcasm, often poking fun at the many aspects of American society in the 1800s

Set right before the Civil War, the story takes place around the 1840s along the Mississippi. In the first few chapters, you'll meet with the story's namesake, a young white boy named Huck Finn. He appears to be innocent and naive, but is in fact, quite independent and capable of taking care of himself, even if he is a little...idealistic at times. Huck is found being under the tutelage of Miss Watson when you first meet him, as she attempts to "sivilize" him. Soon, his abusive drunk of a father returns to lay claim to the money Huck and Tom Sawyer had discovered back in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck soon demonstrates his independence as he plans and executes an escape to Jackson Island, where he meets up with the other major character of this story, Jim.

Jim is a black slave. In fact, he meets Huck on the island because he?s on the run from his owner, who happens to be Miss Watson. Jim is doing this due to a rumor that Miss Watson was going to sell him down river, effectively separating him from his family, which he fears greatly. Early in the story, Jim is often portrayed as being superstitious and believing in witches and the supernatural, giving the readers what appears to be a goofy-seeming man. But that view soon changes as the story rolls along.

After their fateful meeting on Jackson Island, Huck and Jim decided to sail along the Mississippi, hoping to reach Cairo on a raft. If their plan succeeds, Jim will be free on Northern soil. As they proceed on their journey, the readers will see many sides to American life at that time. You?ll see the racist, bigoted views of white extremists, such as Huck?s Father, as well the common Southern view that slaves are property. Even Huck is affected by Southern society, as its ideals were apparently inscribed into him at an early age.

Huck, at many points, struggles with his upbringing, unable to decide whether to follow society expectations and turn Jim, or help Jim as a friend escape. Huck eventually decides, after traveling with the runaway slave for so long and seeing the humane side of Jim (his love for his daughter and wife), that he?d rather ?go to hell? than betray Jim. Jim at the same time, acts as a surrogate father and friend to Huck, protecting him from the harsher elements they meet, including the corpse of Huck?s father.

Due to certain events and an untimely fog, they miss Cairo and continue along the Mississippi River. And after being separated in a boat collision, Huck meets the Grangerfords, who are engaged in a clan feud with the nearby Sherperdsons, fighting for a reason they don?t even remember. Again, this is another ironic portrayal of American society by Twain.
After meeting up again after the clan feud episode, they continue down the river, only to be beset by the Duke and the Dhin, who are a pair of conmen.

And through more trials, such as Jim?s capture, the relationship between the slave and the boy strengthen into a deep bond. Through thick and thin, they stayed together, even with Huck?s guilty conscience the pair continued to travel together in spite of the demons of American society, depicting a path of a boy who defies the community in which he was raised.
All in all, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic tested by the trials of time and the changes in ideals of society. It?s clearly a novel meant to inspire those to take their own road, in spite of whatever the rest of the world thinks. This is indeed the story of a wayward child, defying his heritage, courtesy of Mark Twain.

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