Characters:
Huck Finn - on the streets boy
Tom Sawyer - very close friend of Huck
Jim, Widow Douglas
Miss Watson, Judge Thatcher and others.
The Novel:
While searching a cave, Huck Finn and friend Tom Sawyer found a $12,000. The money was divided equally to the two boys by Judge Thatcher. Knowing Huck relaxed and no home to go, the judge placed him under the care of siblings Widow Douglas and Miss Watson. While Tom decline to study. Judge Thatcher decides to bring back Huck to his cruel father. Huck did not agree, instead encourage Tom to sail down to Mississippi River to search for adventure using the boat they made. Along their journey, they met a runaway negro boy named Jim and became a friend and helper too.
The boys go through lots of adventures, there were breathtaking and others were hilarious. They encounter two mischiefs, Duke and Dauphin who used them to swindle people. They staged them as Rome and Juliet earning $87 for theater tickets but people ran them out because they couldn’t portray the role.
On the other town, they disguised as two uncles to the funeral of their dead brother. They stole lots of money amounting to $6,000 from the man’s daughter and $3,000 each for uncle inheritance. But the coming of the real uncles prevents them to swindle.
After the long adventures, Huck and Tom gets bored and homesick pushing them to return to their hometown. This brings gladness and worry-free to their love ones and peers.
Comment:
This is a very light and amusing story of a young and adventurous boy, Huck Finn together with his friend Tom. Left lessons to be learned with the entire journey they had.