Analysis of 'The adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by M.Twain part1

Uncle Tom's cabin and the fugitive slave act

Tom's sister and accompany her to Canada. Casey discovers that Eliza is her long-lost daughter who was sold as a child. Now that the family is together again, they travel to France. George Shelby returns to the Kentucky farm and frees his slaves. George tells them to remember Tom's sacrifice and his belief in the true meaning of Christianity.

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which made it illegal for anyone in the U.S.A. to offer aid or assistance to a runaway slave. The novel attacks this law and the institution it protected, advocating the immediate emancipation of the slaves and freedom for all people. Stowe underlines that the system of slavery and the moral code of Christianity oppose each other. Eva, the most saintly character, fails to understand why anyone would see a difference between blacks and whites.

Abolizione della schiavitù

Abolizione schiavitù grazie al 13^esimo emendamento inviato dal Congresso degli USA nel 1865 (ncl) (Presidente Lincoln)

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Chapter I

[We are in the Mississippi Valley] The novel begins as the narrator states that we may know him from another book "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". We know Tom Sawyer ended with Tom and Huck finding a stash of gold some robbers had hidden in a cave. The boys received some money, which the local Judge Thatcher put into a trust. The Widow Douglas tried to "sivilize" Huck; he couldn't stand it, so he ran away. He has since returned because Tom told him he could join his new band of robbers and be respectable.

The Widow tries to teach Huck about Moses, but he loses interest when he realizes that Moses is dead. Miss Watson tries to give him spelling-lessons and Huck learns to read. Miss W. and The Widow even attempt to improve his behavior. Miss W. tells him about the 'bad place' - дуже, but bribes him that he would like to go there; he doesn't understand the point of going to a 'good place' but hides his sentiment because he doesn't want to cause more trouble.

Then, Miss W. tells Huck that there is no chance that Tom Sawyer will end up in heaven. Huck is glad because he wouldn't mind going together. During one night, he gets shivers hearing the sound of nature through the window. Climbing out, he finds Tom Sawyer waiting for him in the yard.

[The slaves present in the novel are "household slaves who worked on small farms.]