In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; Tom Sawyer's return, and the subsequent events that occur, ruin the ending of the novel. Tom once again gets caught up in his unrealistic ideas and wants to heroically rescue Jim, which, though humorous, his ideas are frustrating when we see how long they delay Jim's escape. Huck seems to have totally forgotten his principles and his friendship with Jim. It seems in many ways that Huck, in his decision to follow Tom's plans, forgets many of the lessons he has learned with Jim on the raft. Tom seems incredibly maninpulative when it is revealed that he has known all along that Miss Watson has been dead for two months and that she freed Jim in her will. The most troubling part of the book's end is the realization that all the trouble has been for no reason. Jim has been a free man almost the entire time. All of Huck's moral problems, all the lies he has told, all the agreements he has broken, have been part of a big game. In a way, the knowledge of Jim's freedom erases the novel that has come before it. We are left questioning the meaning of what we have read. In the end, Huckleberry Finn goes beyond questions of slavery, to larger questions of what is right. To me, the ending of the novel contains as many new problems as solutions.
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