The life of a typical American boy
温州师范学院98英专（1） 李洁
Abstract: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are the most famous novel of Mark Twain.
What is the context of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the moral conflict?
What is the character of the language of Mark Twain?
Key word: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck character
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are the milestone in American literature. It firmly
established Mark Twain's position in the literary world. As a sequel to Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn marks the climax of Twain's literary creativity. Hemingway once
described the novel the one book from which "all modern American literature
comes."
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are usually regarded as a classic book written
for boys especially written for the adults. This novel begins with Huck under
the motherly protection of the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. When
his father comes to demand the boy's fortune, Huck pretends that he has transferred
the money to Judge Thather, so his father catches him and puts him into a lonely
cabin. One night, when his father is drunk, Huck escapes to Jackson's Island and
meets Miss Watson's runaway slave, Jim. They start down the river on a raft. After
several adventures, a steamboat hits the raft and the two are separated. Huck
swims ashore and is saved by the Granger ford family, whose feud with the Shepherdstown's
causes bloodshed. Later, Huck discovers Jim and they set out again, giving refuge
to a gang of frauds: the "Duke" and the "King," whose dramatic
performances culminate in the fraudulent exhibition of the "Royal Nonesuch."
Huck also witnesses the lynching and murder of a harmless drunkard by an Arkansas
aristocrat on the shore. When he finds that some rogues intend to claim legacies
as Peter Wilks's brothers, Huck interferes on behalf of the three daughters, and
the scheme is failed by the arrival of the real brothers. Then he discovers that
the "king" has sold Jim to Mrs. Phelps, Tom Sawyer's Aunt Sally. At
the Phelps farm, Huck and Tom try to rescue Jim. In the rescue, Tom is accidentally
shot and Jim is recaptured. Later, Tom reveals that the rescue is necessary only
because he "wanted the adventure of it." It is also disclosed at the
end of the novel that Huck's father has died, so Huck's fortune is safe.
