Mark Twain's hugely popular work. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. is about all the shenanigans that young Huck gets up to. The young vagrant escapes widow Douglas and her rules, as well as his alcoholic father by faking his death. He meets Jim, a runaway slave on an island along the Mississippi river. Joining hands. the pair float down the river on a raft, meet fraudsters and come up with hilarious and subtly ironic scenarios as they navigate the world of humansThey are joined on their escapades by Tom Sawyer The author uses the story to highlight slavery, America of the 19% century, and how slaves were treated.