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Characters
Huckleberry Finn – Independent, clever, adventurous boy
Jim – Escaped enslaved man, loyal and kind
Tom Sawyer – Huck’s imaginative and rule-loving friend
Pap Finn – Huck’s abusive and alcoholic father
Widow Douglas & Miss Watson – Tries to “civilize” Huck
The Duke and the King – Two con men who travel with Huck and Jim
Freedom – Huck and Jim both seek freedom: Huck from society, Jim from slavery
Racism and Slavery – Critique of racism in pre-Civil War America
Moral Growth – Huck struggles between society’s values and his own conscience
Friendship and Loyalty – Deep bond between Huck and Jim
Hypocrisy of "Civilized" Society – Social norms vs. true morality
The Raft – Freedom, peace, and friendship
Pap’s Cabin – Oppression and abuse
The Fog – Confusion and moral uncertainty
Huck fakes his death and escapes from his abusive father
Meets Jim on Jackson's Island and decides to help him escape slavery
They travel down the Mississippi River on a raft
Encounter various people, including the con men (Duke and King)
Jim is eventually captured, Tom Sawyer enters the story again
Jim gains freedom; Huck decides to “light out” to the West