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Module 3 Adventure in Literature and the Cinema;1.How much do you know about Mark Twain？ 2.What do you think of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain？; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins where the The Adventures of om Sawyer leaves off. At the end of the previous novel， Huck and Tom find a treasure of twelve thousand dollars， which they divide. Judge Thatcher takes their money and invests it in the bank at six percent interest， so that each boy earns a dollar a day on their money. Huck Finn moves in with the Widow Douglas， who has agreed to care for him. ; Huckleberry Finn is the narrator (讲解员) of this story， and he starts off by describing his life to the reader. After moving in with the Widow Douglas， who buys him new clothes and begins teaching him the Bible， Huck is uncomfortable with all of these， and soon runs away. Tom Sawyer goes after Huck and persuades him to return to the Widows house after promising that they will start a band of robbers together. Huck agrees to return， but still complains about having to wear new clothes and eat only when the dinner bell rings， something he was not used to while growing up with his Pap.; The Widow Douglas teaches Huck the Bible and forbids him from smoking. Her attentions towards him are added to by her sister， Miss Watson， who also lives in the house. Miss Watson is a spinster (未婚女人) who decides that Huck must get an education. She tries to teach him spelling and lectures him on how to behave well so that he will be;welcomed into heaven. Miss Watson warns Huck that if he does not change his ways， he will go to hell. Ironically， Huck finds the description of hell far more enticing and exciting than the description of heaven， and decides he would rather go to hell， but doesnt tell Miss Watson of his decision. ; That night， Huck goes into his bedroom and lights a candle before falling asleep. At one point， Huck flicks a spider away， and accidentally burns it up in the can