Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Last Chapter Summary
Tom gives Jim $40 to compensate him for every atrocity he suffered, including: being a prisoner; living with spiders, snakes, and other creepy critters; being threatened with amputation; eating minimal amounts of food for a month.
Jim remarks on his very good fortune, which he chalks up to his having a hairy chest.
Finally, remember that dead guy near Jackson’s Island way back when this crazy adventure started? Turns out that was Huck’s father, so Huck doesn’t have to worry about him showing up and being drunk and abusive anymore.
Judge Thatcher, unlike Miss Watson, hasn’t died. He still has Huck’s $6,000 back home, which, at the going rate for prisoners, is enough to fund about 150 more mock rescues. Pack up the raft, Tom.
Huck plans to head out west, because he’s already tried heading south and that didn’t really accomplish anything. Plus, the country is growing out there, so there should be plenty of "adventures."