The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Chapters 16 and 17 Summary and Analysis
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Two men on a skiff: men looking for runaway slaves
Buck Grangerford: a boy Huck’s age
Bob and Tom: members of the Grangerford family
Betsy: Grangerford’s slave
Summary
Huck and Jim rest all day and start for Cairo at dark. When he thinks about Cairo and gaining his freedom, Jim’s excitement mounts, but Huck becomes increasingly uneasy. Painfully aware that he is helping a slave escape to freedom, his conscience suddenly bothers him. This time he cannot seem to rationalize his actions as he has done before. He does not think Miss Watson,...
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