Alternate Ending
Here is a possible realistic alternate ending to Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn:
Huck turns Jim in: he finally decides to do the “right” thing. He realizes that Jim had been tricking him the entire time; manipulating him into helping him escape into freedom, like all niggers tried to do if you give them the chance. He believes that Jim is a messenger from Satan, slyly whispering in his ear in an attempt to convince him to commit this abominable sin. Jim is no human being; he is a nigger. Huck sends the letter to Miss Watson, as a good Christian should. Huck welcomes himself back into the comfortable ‘good graces’ of God. He leaves without saying good bye to Jim and decides to move out West.
Huck gets lonely in the isolation of the West. His guilt eats away at him. Huck knows inside that what he did was wrong, and he can’t escape it or admit it. His only option is to shift the blame. Huck convinces himself that it was Jim’s fault, Jim and all those low down, good for nothing tricky niggers. He finds himself sounding more and more like his father. After trying to be “good” he finally gives in to his “true nature” and starts stealing, and drinking. He lost all hygiene, letting his hair grow long and greasy. His clothes were caked with mud and in tatters. He becomes a low animal.
Years later, he returns to St. Petersburg in Missouri, and even though it’s the same town, everything’s changed. People that he used to know like Tom look at him with disgust. Henceforth, he is the spitting image of his father. He’d become that which he’d hated, his own worst enemy. As he walks by the late Widow Douglas’s house he’s assaulted by memories of his childhood and its innocence (school, adventures). He tries to remember what changed. Then Huck thinks of his trip up the river on the raft with Jim.But, he can’t remember what he did to Jim for Jim to cause Huck so much harm.
Huck turns Jim in: he finally decides to do the “right” thing. He realizes that Jim had been tricking him the entire time; manipulating him into helping him escape into freedom, like all niggers tried to do if you give them the chance. He believes that Jim is a messenger from Satan, slyly whispering in his ear in an attempt to convince him to commit this abominable sin. Jim is no human being; he is a nigger. Huck sends the letter to Miss Watson, as a good Christian should. Huck welcomes himself back into the comfortable ‘good graces’ of God. He leaves without saying good bye to Jim and decides to move out West.
Huck gets lonely in the isolation of the West. His guilt eats away at him. Huck knows inside that what he did was wrong, and he can’t escape it or admit it. His only option is to shift the blame. Huck convinces himself that it was Jim’s fault, Jim and all those low down, good for nothing tricky niggers. He finds himself sounding more and more like his father. After trying to be “good” he finally gives in to his “true nature” and starts stealing, and drinking. He lost all hygiene, letting his hair grow long and greasy. His clothes were caked with mud and in tatters. He becomes a low animal.
Years later, he returns to St. Petersburg in Missouri, and even though it’s the same town, everything’s changed. People that he used to know like Tom look at him with disgust. Henceforth, he is the spitting image of his father. He’d become that which he’d hated, his own worst enemy. As he walks by the late Widow Douglas’s house he’s assaulted by memories of his childhood and its innocence (school, adventures). He tries to remember what changed. Then Huck thinks of his trip up the river on the raft with Jim.But, he can’t remember what he did to Jim for Jim to cause Huck so much harm.
Picture with description
The Mississippi River in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is where the two friends Huck and Jim spend most of their time. Huck tells us that “there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.” The raft at first is merely Huck and Jim's mean of transportation .Over time, however, it also becomes a home, a place of comfort, and a place where Huck and Jim friendship evolves. It is a place where Jim and Huck can escape what they fear most: slavery and civilization repectively.
Above is a picture of what could possibly be Huck and Jim's raft on the Mississipi river.