First off, Huck learns that even if his own idea goes against what society thinks, that he should always do what he feels is the right thing to do. ... He experiences this the most during the scene where he is asked by the slave hunters if he has seen any run away slaves. ... Huck's father, Pap, has not been there for Huck, but finds out about Huck's new fortune and comes looking to get money from Huck. ... Overall Pap is bad to Huck, and just wants to use him for his money. ... Instead of just having Jim lift the bedpost to get the chain off, he wants Jim to saw it, then eat the...

• Word Count: 803
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

They ticked villagers in order to get money. ... Huck dislikes their idea, but he can't really do anything about it. ... The king took the money and wasted on drinking. ... Huck thought about what to do. ... He admitted that he couldn't hide from God because he knows why they wouldn't come. ...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Huck's father hears about the money and wealth his son has, so he goes to court to get custody of Huck just for his money. ... Huck than takes the money and stashes it in the dead man's coffin. ... Huck finds out where Jim is being held prisoner and plans to steal him back. As Huck is on the property of where Jim is he is met by the owners who keep calling him Tom. ... Even when there were things he didn't enjoy doing, like going to school, he would change the situation around to where he was having fun and made the most of his time. ...

• Word Count: 1644
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

They are simply considered property and their life is as valuable as the money the slave owner bought them for. Twain presents but does not advocate the attitudes and actions of the society. ... He bellows, "But when they told me that there was a State in this country where they'd let that nigger vote, I drawed out. ... His choice to do what was wrong according to society was ultimately the right moral choice according to his values. ... Huck's conscience became plagued by the fact that Jim had escaped from his rightful owner, and he was doing nothing stop him. ...

• Word Count: 2378
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

After the men leave, Huck says, "I knowed very well I had done wrong, and I see it waren't no use for me to try to learn to do right" (69). ... This makes Huck feel so bad he steals the money back from the King and Duke and hides it in the coffin so the three sisters would eventually find it. Huck is faced with guilt many times in the novel and does not realize that his own instincts are more morally correct than those around him. ... They do this to get the inheritance left behind by Wilks. ... While Huck and his Pap are arguing about Huck's money, his Pap says, "It don't ma...

• Word Count: 725
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

What kind of social problems does each book have? ... By doing a thing like that Jim could have been killed or beat. ... As uneducated as the blacks are, they believe they are worth so much money, because that is all they hear from their owners. ... Because this act resulted in a child, she was unable to hide her wrongdoing while Dimmesdale's analogous sin went unnoticed. ... The people with money trusted the dregs of society as dirt, while they treated each other with respect and brotherhood. ...

• Word Count: 1717
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Huck and Tom decided to hide near the newest grave, where Hoss Williams was buried. ... After they took the body out of the coffin, Muff Potter asked for more money from Doc Robinson. ... Huck and Tom were so frightened. ... Tom was full of joy for that and began to do all tricks to attract her as soon as she came into the schoolyard gate. ... So he planned to be a pirate accompanied with Huck and Joe. ...

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School