Huckleberry Finn

3 Pages 636 Words

Title: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author: Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain)
Author Works: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper
Mark Twain:
Mark Twain is one of America’s best authors and the most famous. Mark twain was born in 1835 on November 30 in Florida, Missouri. Florida and Hannibal, Missouri is where he got his ideas for Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer. Twain was an avid traveler he went to many places in his time; all aver the world. To write he observed people doing there everyday lives. He got many awards from colleges universities and others; He died On April 21, 1910.
Illustrator: none


Setting:
Some of the book is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri. But most of the book is set in and on the Mississippi River. The City is about 80 miles away from St. Louis. But The Book is in Eighteenth Century America.

Characterization:
Huck Finn: the main Character of the book, son of the town drunk. He is 12 yrs old. Clever and knows a lot about life.

Jim: the run away slave of Miss Watson helps Huck gain freedom. Travels with him.

Widow Douglas: Huck’s guardian who adopts him and wants to civilize him. Takes care of two other kids.

Pap: Huck’s father when he comes back to town when he learns that his son has become rich.

Tom Sawyer: a friend of Huck who is about the same age.

Duke and Dauphin: two friends who go around tricking people and getting their money, they also join Huck and Jim on the raft.



Plot:
Huck and tom have earlier found a hidden treasure they are allowed to keep the treasure. His father comes back for his money and to take it all. He feels that it is rightfully his and tries to catch him many times. One day he waits for him catches him and they have a short fight. When Huck is locked in the cabin down river his father beats him. After a couple of months pass he runs away and His father thinks that he is dead because of the pig blood Huck left behind. Aft...