The novel begins with Huck himself writing the story. He briefly describes what has happened to him since The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. After Huck and Tom discovered twelve thousand dollars in treasure, Judge Thatcher invested the money for them. Huck was adopted by the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, both of them have been trying to raise him proper and haven’t succeeded all that much. He becomes unhappy with his living conditions, Huck …showed first 75 words of 897 total…

…showed last 75 words of 897 total…are rescued by Huck. They take over the raft and start to travel downstream, making money by cheating people in the small towns along the river. The two men come up with a scam called the Royal Nonesuch which earns them over three hundred dollars. The scam involves getting all the men in the town to come to the show, and then having the King parade around naked for a few minutes. Th ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**