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Huckelberry Finn Summary Huckleberry Finn is the main character, and it is through his eyes that the South is revealed. His companion, a slave named Jim, accompanies Huck during their journey along the Mississippi. The novel begins with Huck writing the story. He describes what has happened to him since The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck and Tom had discovered twelve thousand dollars in treasure, Judge Thatcher holds the money for them. Huck was adopted …

…such a good prisoner. Jim then tells Huck to stop worrying about his Pa. He reveals to Huck that the dead man on the floating house was in fact Huck's Pa. Aunt Sally offers to adopt Huck, but he refuses; he had tried that sort of lifestyle once before. Huck then concludes the novel by stating that he would never have undertaken the book had he known it would take so long to write it.