The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

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Themes

All Themes Slavery and Racism Society and Hypocrisy Religion and Superstition Growing Up Freedom

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Characters

All Characters Huckleberry Finn Jim Tom Sawyer The duke and king The Widow Douglas and Miss Watson Pap Colonel Sherburn The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons Sally and Silas Phelps

Symbols

All Symbols The Mississippi River The Raft

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Introduction

Plot Summary

Detailed Summary
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43

Themes

All Themes
Slavery and Racism
Society and Hypocrisy
Religion and Superstition
Growing Up
Freedom

Quotes

Characters

All Characters
Huckleberry Finn
Jim
Tom Sawyer
The duke and king
The Widow Douglas and Miss Watson
Pap
Colonel Sherburn
The Grangerfords and Shepherdsons
Sally and Silas Phelps

Symbols

All Symbols
The Mississippi River
The Raft

Theme Wheel

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Wilson, Joshua. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 19 Sep 2013. Web. 25 Mar 2019.

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Wilson, Joshua. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." LitCharts LLC, September 19, 2013. Retrieved March 25, 2019. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn.

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