Key Events and Characters in Chapter 10-20 of Huck Finn
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Sarah Williams
The name Huck pretends to be when he meets the woman in the shack.
Inconsistent names + rat throwing
The reason the woman suspects Huck is lying about his identity.
$300 reward
The amount offered for Jim, who is a suspect in Huck's murder.
$200 reward
The amount offered for Pap, who is also a suspect in Huck's murder.
Searching Jackson Island
The plan the woman's husband has to hunt Jim.
Travel at night
The reason Huck and Jim avoid being seen and caught.
Wrecked steamboat
What Huck and Jim find on a stormy night.
Robbers plotting
What Huck overhears happening on the steamboat.
Steal the robbers' boat
How Huck and Jim escape the steamboat wreck.
Feel bad for the robbers
Why Huck empathizes with the robbers he overhears.
Lie to the ferry watchman
What Huck tells “to get help for his family stranded on the steamboat.”
Wrecked steamboat findings
Books, clothes, cigars, and other valuables Huck and Jim find.
Argument about King Solomon
The discussion Huck and Jim have regarding King Solomon and French people.
Foggy night separation
What happens to Huck and Jim during a foggy night.
Trick Jim
How Huck pretends their separation was a dream after reuniting.
Jim's response to trick
Jim is hurt and upset; Huck apologizes.
Jim is a slave
Why Huck feels guilty about helping Jim escape.
The men think Huck has smallpox due to referring to his Pap as sick
What happens when men approach to search the raft.
Canoe and raft fate
The canoe is stolen; a steamboat destroys the raft.
George Jackson
The name Huck uses with the Grangerfords.
Grangerford home impression
Huck finds the Grangerford home comfortable and grand, if overly decorated.
Emmeline Grangerford
Known for morbid poems and art about the dead.
Grangerford and Shepherdson feud
A long-standing family feud with unknown origins.
Sophia Grangerford
She runs off with Harney Shepherdson.
Tragedy witnessed
Huck witnesses Buck and another Grangerford boy being killed.
Two con men
Who Huck and Jim take aboard their raft—the 'duke' and the 'dauphin.'
Con men's past scams
The younger sold faulty tooth-cleaning paste; the older was a fake preacher.
Huck's reaction to lies
Huck knows they're lying but goes along to avoid conflict.
Jim's presence explanation
Huck says Jim is his servant and they travel at night to avoid suspicion.
Dauphin's revival meeting con
Claims to be a reformed pirate raising money to return to the Indian Ocean as a missionary.
Duke's scheme
Prints a fake reward handbill to pretend Jim is a captured runaway slave.