hucleberry finn analysis

INTRODUCTION
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain’s real name) led a varied and interesting life, which he managed very succesfully to transform into literature. He was born in 1835 in Florida, Missouri, where his father owned a shop. The family moved four years later to Hannibal, a small town about thirty miles away, on the banks of Mississipi River, and Twain’s childhood here was reflected in his novel The Adventure of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He left school in 1847 and worked in news papers until 1857, when he trained as a steamboat pilot. When American Civil War broke out, in 1861, Twain moved away from the river to Nevada, where he tried his luck looking for silver. However two years later, disappointed with his lack of success and the image of the men around him, who were willing to do anything to gain wealth, he again began working as a journalist. He wrote his first humorous piece in 1863, and by 1865 had established his reputation all over the country, as both a humorous writer and a public speaker. He kept this popularity until his death in 1910, despite the poorer quality of some of his later works, which were written when growing debts forced him to work quickly to raise money.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, like Twain’s earlier novel The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, is set in the shouthern states of the USA as Twain knew them during his youth in Hannibal. His experiences as a steamboat pilot are also used in his description of life on the Mississipi. The novels take place at time when slavery was normal in the south, with even small households usually having one or two slaves, and larger ones owning many. The way in which the rights of black people were completely ignored by white employers was viewed with anger by the northern states, and this was the cental issue in the Civil War between the north and the south. Twain himself had mixed feeling on the matter. He had grown up in the south, and so was used to the assumption of white superiority, but as he grew up he came to question it, and in later life worked vigorously against slavery. In the book his views on the matter are made clear in his treatment of the slave characters.
In The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Twain continues the story he started in Tom Sawyer, though the books can be read sparately. At the end of the earlier book, Huck and Tom have found some treasure hidden by robber, and so have become rich. Huck who previously had been living as a tramp, has been taken in by the Widow Douglas, and is living with her and her sister Miss Watson at the begining of Huckleberry Finn.
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn were probably Twain’s most popular and best-known works, and they were important novels of their time which cannot be dismissed as a children’s book. Huckleberry finn, in particular, the more realistic book, contains much of Twain’s growing dislike for what he saw as mankind’s greed and cruelty , and was a deep and personal comment on the state of American society.









SUMMARY
Huckleberry Finn (Huck Finn), the son of town drunk, lived with wWidow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. Huck father knew that he had $6000. He kept the money to Judge Tatcher. One day, his father came to his room and wanted the money. But, Huck didn’t give it to him.
Pap (Huck’s father) kidnapped Huck and brought him to the Illinois shore where there were no houses except an old log hut. Pap baeted him all the time. They lived in that old hut and Pap always locked the door at night. Huck decided to escape from his father. He made a trick, he made that he had been killed. He faked his death. So, his father and the widow didn’t try to look for him again. After that, he fled to Jackson’s Island by raft.
Huck lived in that island for several days. When he was exploring around the island, he saw an ashes of a camp-fire that was still smooking. He got his gun and searched who was with him in that island. He saw someone, it was Miss Watson’s slave, Jim. Jim told to him that he ran away from Miss Watson’s house. And then, they lived together in that island. One night, they saw a wooden house came down, something were lying on the floor in that house. It was a dead man who had been shot in the back. Jim didn’t want to told Huck who was that dead man.
One day, Huck Finn decided to look for some information in the town. He went to that town just after dark. He dressed up like a girl. He came to a woman house who had been lived there for two weeks, so she wouldn’t know him. The woman told Huck that everybody thought that the people who killed Huck finn was a runaway slave named Jim. And there was a reward for someone who caught Jim, $300. Huck went back to the Jackson’s Island, and told Jim that there were a lot of man was searching Jim. They decided to travel down the Mississippi river and up the Ohio river into the free states. Huck ran from civilization and Jim ran from slavery. On the river, they lived an easy life as they traveled during the night and hide during the day. Traveled down the river, they had many adventures.
Later they met two con artists who called themselves the Duke and the King. They had several adventures with the Duke and the King. Huck knew that they were a liars. Then, they were on the raft together.
The king and the duke made a show of drama on the stage in the village for 3 nights. They got some money from this, because they were lie to the people. They drew some posters and stuck them up over the village. They told that they were the world-famous actors. Everybody in the town village about this and rose up angrily. The duke and the king ran away from the village. But, they took $465 in those three nights.
They came to a little village, named Pikesville. However, since they were low on money, the Duke and King sold Jim as a runaway slave to Silas for forty dollars. Aunt Sally (Silas’s wife) was Tom Sawyer’s aunt. She reckoned that Huck was Tom, because she hadn’t met Tom for a long year. Tom was Huck Finn’s best friend and he would come there, so Huck stopped Tom on the way. Huck told Tom that he wanted to steal out Jim and Tom would help Huck to do it. Tom came to Silas farm and told to Aunt Sally that he was Sid Sawyer.
They made a trick to help Jim. They dig up the soil and Jim would get out from the hole. Tom sent an anonymous letter to Master Silas. In the letter, he said that the gang of Indians were going to steal Silas’s runaway slave that night. At night, Huck saw there was a crowd of fifteen farmers in the Uncle Silas’s house who had a gun. They did their trick, but, when they were through the hole, somebody knew it and shot them. Huck, Tom, and Jim ran fast until they were in the river. They were all glad, but Tom had a bullet in the calf of his leg.
Huck called a doctor and came back to Uncle Silas’s farm. He told that he and Tom were hunting the runaway slave and Tom was at the post office to see what he could hear. He wanted to get Tom, but Aunt Sally forbade him. Next day, Tom Sawyer came to Silas’s farm with Jim and the doctor. Tom and the doctor told them that Jim wasn’t a bad slave. He helped Tom.
Suddenly, Aunt Polly came to the house and told to Aunt Sally that Sid was Tom and Tom was Huck Finn. Aunt Polly told us that Miss Watson set him free in her will. Huck knew that the dead man who was shot in the back was Pap, Huck Finn’s father and he could get his money from Judge Tatcher.















INTRINSIC ELEMENT
1. Theme
Adventure, courage, friendship, strunggling.
2. Point of View
Huckleberry Finn is written in the first person with Huck narrating. The narrator, Huck Finn, is the protagonist and not simply the observer. Often, Twain uses the book and Huck’s character to voice his own ideas about society.
3. Plot
a. Exposition
Huckleberry Finn (Huck Finn) was a young boy who had taken by the widow Douglas. He lived with the widow and her sister’s, Miss Watson. Huck only had a father who liked drunk. He had $6000 from treasure hidden by robbers. He kept the money to Judge Tatcher. But, one day, his father came to his room and wanted his money. Huck Finn didn’t give the money to his father. Next day, Pap (Huck’s father) caught and brought him to the Illinois shore where there were no houses except an old hut. Pap locked him in the hut.

b. Rising Action
Huck Finn decided to escape from his father. He made a trick and went to Jackson Island. He went there by a raft. He met Jim, Miss Watson’s Slave at the island. They lived in the island until Huck knew that the people in the town wanted to looking for Jim in the Jackson Island. Huck and Jim decided to leave the island and get the adventure.
They met two man who acknowledged that they were a duke. Huck and Jim knew that they were a liar. But they didin’t tell about it to them. Then, they called the two men with Duke and King. The Duke and King sold Jim to Silas.

c. Climax
Huck wanted to help Jim to get his freedom. He went to Silas’s farm where Jim was there. But, he didn’t know that Silas was Tom Sawyer’s uncle. Aunt Sally reckoned that Huck was Tom Sawyer. Huck told to Tom that he wanted to help Jim. Tom wanted to help Huck. They made a trick to help Jim. They did the trick at night. Many people with their gun were in the Uncle Silas’s house. Huck, Tom, and Jim ran. Some people knew about it. They ran after them. They shot Huck, Tom, and Jim with their gun and Tom had a bullet in the calf of his leg.

d. Falling Action
When Huck got home, Huck told to Uncle Silas and Aunt Sally that he and Tom were hunting for the runaway slave and Tom was at the post office to see what he could hear. Uncle Silas went to find Tom, but he hadn’t found Tom. Huck was uneasy. He wanted to look for Tom, but he couldn’t.

e. Resolution
Tom came back with Jim to Aunt Sally’s house. Tom told that Jim was not a bad slave. He said that Miss Watson set Jim free in her will before she died. Suddenly, Aunt Polly, Aunt Sally’s sister came. She told to Aunt Sally that Sid was Tom, and Tom was Huck.
Jim was free. Huck knew that his father had died and he still had $6000 at Judge Tatcher.
4. Setting
a. Place
Widow Douglas House, the place where Huck live.
 Judge Thatcher’s house, the place where Huck.
 Ilinois shore , the place where Huck and his father spending many day.
 Jackson Island, the place where Huck hiding and meets Jim.
 Silas’s farm, a place where Jim prisoned by Uncle Silas.
Post office, the place where Tom Hiding from people who want to caught Jim.
Aunt Sally’s house, the place where Huck live for not along time.
5. Character
a. The Major Character
 Huckleberry Finn
He is the main character of this novel. He loves adventure looks like his friend, Tom Sawyer. He lives at Widow Douglas’s house. Together with Jim, he does the adventure and gets many kinds of experiences.

 Jim
He is Huckleberry Finn’s friend when they do adventure together. Before that, he is Miss Watson’s slave. He runs away from Miss Watson, because Miss Watson want to sell him and then he meets with Huck Finn in Jackson Island.

b. The Minor Character
 Tom Sawyer
He is Huckleberry Finn’s friend. Same like Huck, he loves adventure too. He helps Huck to free Jim from Uncle Silas.

 Widow Douglas
She is an old and kind person. She took Huck, who previously had been living as a tramp, to live together with her and Miss Watson, her sister.

 Miss Watson
She is Widow Douglas’s sister. She is not a kind person looks like her sister, Widow Douglas. She has a slave, Jim. Before she died, she sets Jim Free.

 Judge Thatcher
He is a kind person who kept Huckleberry Finn’s money, because Huck afraid that his money will be taken by his father.

 Pap (Huck’s father)
He has a bad temperament and a town drunk. He always drinks alcohol and he wants Huck Finn’s money.


 Duke Bridgewater
He is a liar. He is seventy years old. He has bald head and very grey beard. He sells Jim to Silas.

 France King
He is about thirty years old. He sells Jim to Silas with the Duke. He is a liar.

 Aunt Sally
She is Tom Sawyer’s aunt. At the first time she thought that Huck is Tom and Tom is Sid. She is kind women.

 Uncle Silas
He is Aunt Sally’s husband. He is not a good person because he want to sell Jim.
6. Message
• Must faith with our friend;
•We must help other people who need our help;




















QUESTIONS
1. How much money did Huck Finn have ?
Huck Finn has $ 6,000.
2. Who are the major character in this novel?
The major character are Huck Finn and Jim.
3. Who did sell Jim to Silas’s family?
The Duke and the King.
4. How much the duke and king sold Jim to Silas’s family?
They sold Jim $ 40.
5. Where did Huck hide and meet Jim?
In Jackson island.
6. With whom did Huck live before he went to adventure?
Huck live with widow Douglas before he went to adventure.
7. Who helped Huck to escape Jim?
Tom Sawyer.
8. Where did Huck save his money?
Judge Thatcher house.
9. Who is the author of The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain.
10. How much reward for someone who caught Jim?
The reward for someone who caught Jim was $ 300.