At the start of the book the narrator introduces himself as the narrator from the Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Huck and Tom found a stash of gold and they split it and received $6000 each. Then the Widow Douglas adopted Huck and tried to "civilize" him, but Huck couldn't stand it. At the end of the first chapter after some prayers with his family, Huck finds Tom Sawyer standing outside his window. While they are sneaking out, Huck trips over a root outside his house, and one of the household slaves, Jim hears it and stands guard waiting to see if anyone appears. Then Huck and Tom meet a few other boys in a cave, and they meet to talk about their new gang, "The Tom Sawyer Gang" this gang would go around robbing people and also ransoming random victims. Then after this meeting is disbanded, and Huck gets home Miss Watson is angry with Huck because he dirtied up his clothes with Tom. Then after a few months of not doing much robbing or ransoming, Huck and a few other young boys quit Tom's gang. After not hanging around Tom for awhile, Huck has been making a lot of progress in school. Then there is some conflict between Huck and Pap, and Pap promises to take Huck down a notch, so that he knows his place. Pap also takes the dollar that Huck got from Judge Thatcher to go buy some whiskey. Then Huck tries to flee his household from his Pap, and his dad wakes from a drunken sleep and chases after Huck with a knife, and eventually stops because he passes out on the ground.
I thought that it was funny how the Tom Sawyer gang, seemed like a good idea to the kids, but after a while of not doing anything most of them quit. My eyes were also opened with how much the young kids and people around Huck's referred to black people as the "n" word. I was also, concerned about Huck's safety because of how much of an angry drunk his father is.
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