American Literature / Unit 11 AML 1013 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Ending of *Huckleberry Finn* and Its Critics
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The idea
The last chapters return Tom Sawyer, who turns Jim's escape into an elaborate game long after he knows Jim is legally free. Readers have argued ever since about whether the farce ruins the book or exposes how the country treated the question, and the course reports the argument.
In practice
A freed man, held for a game.
Where people slip
The quarrel is still open.
Your place on the trail
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