nd and meets Miss Watson’s slave, Jim. He has also run away because he was in fear that he would be sold down the river. They soon learn that two men are coming to search the island and escape on a raft. Jim had a plan to arrive at Cairo, and from there he can go up the Ohio River to the free states. Huck and Jim encounter many characters during their traveling the river. The only time that they both feel they are truly free is when they are upon the raft. This freedom is shattered when they meet the duke and the king. They take commander the raft and scam. The scams are harmless they pose as English brothers to steal a whole family’s inheritance. Before they can carry out their plan the true brothers get there. Huck and Jim flee but are soon reunited with the duke and the king. Since they are disappointed because they didn’t get the money the sell Jim into slavery. Huck goes and finds Jim but he figures out he is being held captive. Tom Sawyer soon arrives and Huck explains Jim’s situation. Tom and Jim brew an elaborate plan to free Jim. Once the escape is almost complete, a farmer shoots Tom in the calf. Because Jim will not leave Tom he is captured again. Once at the farm Tom reveals the plan to Aunt Sally. We learn that Miss Watson has passed away and has left Jim free in her will. As the novel concludes Jim is set free and Huck contemplates his next adventure. Henry Nash Smith says that there are three coherent elements in Huckleberry Finn; adventure, social attire and the developing character of Huck. “All three elements must have been present to Mark Twain’s mind in some sense from the beginning, for much of the book’s greatness lies in its basic coherence, the complex interrelation of its parts.” (quoted in The Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Authors: Mark Twain p. 145). Mark Twain had these three elements in the back of his head from the ...
