Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: resumen de Chapter 23

Qué sucede

1. The king performs a brief, ridiculous act, and the disappointed audience agrees to praise it so others also lose their money.
2. A second audience pays, but returning spectators bring rotten food and other foul objects on the third night.
3. The duke and Huck flee to the hidden raft, where the king already waits; the three nights bring in a sum of money.
4. Jim condemns their companions, while Huck uses stories about kings to explain their dishonesty and refuses to reveal their false titles.
5. At daybreak, Huck finds Jim grieving for his family and recognizes the strength of his love.
6. Jim recalls striking ’Lizabeth for apparent disobedience before discovering that she cannot hear or speak after scarlet fever.

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En qué fijarte

Jim recognizes that his daughter’s silence is not defiance. His guilt gives Huck a direct account of his pain as a father.

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