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How Does Huck Finn Escape
Huck’s Escape
When Huck’s father comes back, he kidnaps Huck to a cabin located across the river from St. Petersburg's. Huck’s father constantly leaves the house, locking Huck inside, and comes home drunk. When his father comes home drunk, he would hallucinate and try to beat Huck for no reason. Huck was tired of the beating and confinement that he planned and executed his escape. Huck fakes his death by killing a pig and spreading its blood all around the cabin. He runs away in a canoe toward Jackson’s Island and hides.

Meeting a Friend and the Adventure Starts
After spending three days alone on the island, Huck finds a fire and Jim laying right beside it. Originally, Jim thought Huck was a ghost because he heard people say someone had robbed Huck’s house and killed him. Afterward, Huck and Jim converse and he finds out that Jim ran away after he heard Miss Watson could possibly sell him to a slave trader in New Orleans. Huck and Jim decide to team up and escape together in a canoe.

An Obstacle in the Road
After drifting down the river, Huck and Jim encounter a wrecked steamboat and Huck decides to loot it as an adventure. The steamboat had two robbers that wanted to kill the victim, so Huck wanted to cut the robber’s boat to prevent them from escaping. Instead, Huck and Jim’s raft broke loose and floated away. Huck and
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He meets a kid around the same age that tells him that Jim is currently at Farmer Silas Phelps’ house. Huck goes to Phelps house to be greeted by Sally, who thinks Huck is Tom. Huck finds out later that this is Tom Sawyer’s aunt and uncle’s house. Huck then goes to the steamboat to pick up Tom and inform him of the situation. Tom first introduces himself as William Thompson from Ohio but kisses his aunt on the cheek, which the aunt thought was impolite. Tom then tells his aunt and uncle that he is Tom’s (Huck) half-brother Sid and they go on an adventure to free

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