Huck Finn is taken in by the Widow Douglas and Ms. Watson to

Huck reaches Jackson's Island where he comes across Jim-- a slave of Miss Watson who ran away to avoid being sold. Huck promises not to turn Jim in. Huck and Jim find an empty cabin with a naked dead man in it. Huck disguises himself as Sarah Williams and meets Judith Loftus, who tells him that Jim is suspected of Huck's murder.

"I said I wouldn't, and I'll stick to it. People would call me a low down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum-- but that don't make no difference. I ain't going to tell, and I ain't agoing back there anyways." -Huck

The kings disguises Jim as a sick Arab; the king and duke pose as PEter Wilks' brothers and are offered money. Huck tries to foil their plans by hiding the money in the coffin and telling Mary Jane the truth.. The money is found when the real bothers come. Both sets of brothers are asked what tattoo Peter has on his chest. They open the coffin to see and in the chaos, Huck tries to escape but the king and duke catch up with him. Both men fight as to who put the gold in the coffin to foil the other but the fight ends when the duke physically attacks him and makes him say he took it.

Tom comes up with an elaborate, impractical plan to free Jim. Huck goes along with it. Silas plans to advertise Jim as a runaway slave and Tom sends Silas fake letters from a member of a gang saying he has "found religion" and plans to ruin their plan to come and steal Jim away. 15 men show up, ready to stop the alleged gang and do not notice Tom and Huck freeing Jim until Tom rips in pants on the fence, The men shoot at them and all three make it to the raft but Tom is hit in the leg. Huck goes to get the DR. comes back with a captured Jim and a healed Tom. Tom tells Aunt Sally that Miss Watson died two months ago and freed Jim in her will. Aunt Polly, Sally's sister, arrives with the will as proof and Huck and Tom's true identities. Jim tells Huck that the naked dead man in the cabin a long time ago was Pap and that Huck still has his fortune. Huck finishes the novel by stating that Aunt Sally plans to adopt and "sivilize" him so he plans on running away once again.

Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, and Judge Thatcher attempt to civilize Huck; Pap, Huck's father (who abandoned him) returns.

"I don't take no stock in dead people." -Huck Finn

Pap seeks out Huck's fortune; when he can't get his hands on it, he kidnaps Huck and takes him to a cabin in the woods/ Huck fakes his own murder in order to escape, and begins his journey down the Mississippi River.

"It was kind of lazy and jolly. laying off comfortable all day,smoking and fishing, and no books nor study" -Huck

A storm causes Jim and Huck to land on a shipwreck where they encounter a group of robbers; their raft breaks loose and floats away; they steal a skiff to look for the raft. A harsh fog causes Jim and Huck to get separated. Huck tricks Jim into thinking it was a dream.

Huck and Jim meet two crooks who claim to be a king and a duke. Jim is wuick to believe that they are who they say they are, but Huck sees right through them. The king schemes and robs people at a religious gathering.

Jim and Huck continue their search for Cairo; Huck beings to feel guilty about helping Jim in his quest for freedom. A steam boat destroys the raft and Jim and Huck get separated. Huck comes across Grangerfords and Sheperdsons and experiences part of the feud that they are involved in. Huck becomes friendds withBuck, who dies; Huck is devastated.

"We said there warn't no home like the raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft." -Huck

The king and duke plan a play for money; Sherburn shoots Boggs; the mob of townspeople threaten to lynch him but backs down when he stands up for himself; Huck goes to the circus.