o was wearing ragged clothes and very dirty, was said to be Huck’s father. Huck relieved at first starts to doubt everyone about his fathers death. Huck starts adjusting to his new life, in fact is starting to do better in school. Pap does come back, and in fact was not dead, and threatens Huck because he does not want him to be the first person in his family to be able to read. Huck’s father goes into yet another drinking binge and one day kidnaps Huck and takes him away. Huck then fakes his death to get away, which he did very well. “GIT up! What you ‘bout?” (Pap, page 38). Later Huck awaits for the moon to rise, at that time he plans to take off for his destination, Jackson’s Island, but accidentally he falls asleep. He later wakes up to see Pap row by. Huck carefully sees him and doesn’t make a noise, then he slowly sets off to Jackson’s Island carefully not to be seen. Later when Huck is at Jackson’s Island, he sees a boat pass by with Pap and many of his friends on board, all of whom are discussing the murder. They shoot cannon over to the Island sending mercury filled loaves of bread hoping Huck will eat it and they will find his dead corpse rinsed up on shore from being poisoned. Huck is careful not to be seen, and eats it. Huck is then found by a man, who thankfully called off the dogs. Huck lies to him and says his name is George Jackson. Then he takes Huck to a house, which he said was his, and gets help from a boy named Buck, who is the same age and gives Huck some clothes. He then moves in with the Grangerford family for a little bit. Jim, being black, many people ask him if he is a runaway slave, so in turn Jim and Huck had to travel at night. “Goodness sakes, would a runaway nigger run south?” (Huck, page 127) A mob charges towards Sherburn’s house, and someone gets on the roof and makes a very disturbing speech. Huck and The Duke m...
