The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Chapter 7: How does Huck ensure that nobody will look for him after he escapes?
How does Huck ensure that nobody will look for him after he escapes?
How does Huck ensure that nobody will look for him after he escapes?
Huck axes down the front door and goes hunting for game. Huck shoots a wild pig, butchers it inside the cabin, and spreads the blood on his shirt and the floor. He also carefully lays some of his hairs on the now bloody ax to make it appear as if he has been killed. Huck cuts open a sack of flour and marks a trail indicating that the killer left via a lake that does not connect to the river. Thus, he prevents anyone from searching along the river for anything more than his dead body.