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  • Essay / Tom Sawyer Chapter Summaries - 1883

    Huck is walking in the garden and Jim, one of Miss Watson's slaves, hears him from inside the house. After knowing that Jim heard them, they crouch in the garden to try not to get caught. All of a sudden, Huck feels itchy all over his body, making it difficult for him to stay still. Jim comes out of the house and shouts that I'm not leaving until I figure out what that noise in the yard is. A few minutes later, Jim the slave falls asleep. Tom told Huck they should tie him up, but Huck said no. So instead they play a prank on him, take his hat and put it on a branch right above him. After Jim wakes up, he starts telling everyone that the witches grabbed him and started flying around him as he fell asleep. That's when the witches put the hat on Jim. After Jim starts telling everyone his story, Tom and Huck go to meet the rest of the gang in the cave. Tom says he has an announcement for the gang, the announcement was that Tom had named their gang Tom Sawyer's Gang. The gang stuck to that name and, under oath, they all signed their names in blood to show that they were serious and would do whatever needed to be done. After the gang signed the oath, Huck ran home as fast as he could to get to bed before