The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter 1

Chapter 1: Huck in Trouble

• Huck introduces himself and explains that his story is a continuation of Tom Sawyer's adventures
• Huck and Tom Sawyer found $6,000 each, which they got from robbers, and are now famous
• Huck's father, Pap, is a drunk and a bad influence, and Huck is unhappy living with the Widow Douglas
• Huck runs away from the Widow's house and meets Tom Sawyer, who invites him to join a robbers' gang
• Huck doesn't like living in a house and sleeping in a bed, so he runs away again

Chapter 1: Huck's Father Returns

• Huck's father, Pap, returns and demands Huck's money
• Huck gives Pap a dollar, and Pap takes it and leaves
• Pap keeps trying to get Huck's money from Judge Thatcher
• Huck's life with Pap is miserable, and he is often locked in a hut
• Huck decides to escape and go down the river to live in the woods

Chapter 2: Huck Escapes and Finds a Friend

• Huck escapes from the hut and finds a canoe, which he uses to get away
• Huck goes to Jackson's Island and lives there for a few days
• He meets Jim, Miss Watson's slave, who is also on the run
• Huck and Jim become friends and live together on the island
• They find a raft and decide to travel down the river to Cairo, Illinois

Chapter 3: Huck and Jim Travel South

• Huck and Jim travel down the river, but they get bored and decide to go into town
• Huck dresses up as a girl and goes into town to gather information
• He meets a woman who tells him that people think Pap killed him and that Jim is on the run
• Huck and Jim escape from the island and continue their journey down the river

Chapter 4: The Duke and the King

• Huck and Jim meet two men who are running away from dogs and men
• The two men, the Duke and the King, claim to be royalty and ask for special treatment
• Huck and Jim are skeptical, but they go along with the charade
• The four of them travel together, but Huck and Jim don't trust the Duke and the King### The Adventure Begins
• The narrator and Jim plan to escape from two bad men, the King and the Duke
• They wait for the King to leave, then search for him in town and find him drunk in a bar
• The Duke and the King fight, and the narrator sees an opportunity to escape, but Jim is nowhere to be found

The Phelps Family

• A boy tells the narrator that Jim has been caught by the Phelps family, who are taking him back to his owner
• The narrator discovers that the Phelpses think he is Tom Sawyer, a boy from St. Petersburg
• The narrator plays along, meeting Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas Phelps

The Plan to Free Jim

• The narrator comes up with a plan to free Jim, but before he can put it into action, Tom Sawyer arrives
• Tom helps the narrator come up with a new plan to free Jim, involving digging a hole under the wall of the hut where Jim is being held
• The narrator and Tom write secret letters to create a diversion, saying that a gang of slave-thieves is coming to steal Jim

The Escape

• The narrator, Tom, and Jim put their plan into action, digging the hole and creating a diversion
• They escape, but the Phelpses and their friends give chase, shooting at them
• The narrator, Tom, and Jim make it to the canoe and escape to Spanish Island

Aftermath

• Tom is shot in the leg during the escape, and the narrator and Jim insist that they need to get him medical attention
• The doctor treats Tom's leg, and the Phelpses lock Jim up again
• Tom reveals the truth about the escape to Aunt Sally, and she is angry
• Aunt Polly arrives, and the narrator, Tom, and Jim have to explain everything

Conclusion

• Aunt Polly reveals that Miss Watson has died and left Jim free in her will
• The narrator, Tom, and Jim are reunited, and Jim is finally free
• The narrator reflects on the adventure and decides he needs to run away again to avoid being forced to live with Aunt Sally