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ariannasmommaa
ariannasmommaa
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High School - 12th Grade

In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, what is the major city Jim and Huck pass as they travel downriver on the raft?

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Posted by ariannasmommaa on Thursday August 27, 2009 at 5:00 PM and tagged with characters, huck, jim.

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  1. thewritingteacher
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    Huck and Jim travel downriver hoping to intercept the Ohio river in Illinois which would signify their arrival in the free states. They miss the city of Cairo because of fog, and continue traveling.

    The current is strong, and in 5 days they reach St. Louis, Missouri, the largest city on the Mississippi River at the time. It is after passing by St. Louis that the real dangers begin for Jim and Huck--robbers, murderers, con artists, thunderstorms, and a deeper penetration into the slave territory all contribute to the adventures the two of them share as they form a deep and abiding bond of friendship.

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    Posted by thewritingteacher on Saturday August 29, 2009 at 11:09 AM