Why I Want a Different Ending to Huck Finn

Many readers similar to me did not enjoy the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I do understand Twain's purpose of expressing the struggles for freedom in the end of the novel, so you may wonder, why do I want a different ending to Huck Finn?

I want a new ending without Tom Sawyer. As "Huck permits Tom to not simply intrude, but to dominate, his story for so long"(Kaufmann 69), all of Huck's progress towards becoming more mature and expressing his ideas is forgotten and he reverts back to his old ways of being a follower. A new ending without Tom Sawyer would still express the same ideas about freedom without adding, in my opinion, unnecessary plot to the novel. I want a different ending where Huck learns how to take control of his life, without simply agreeing to whatever others say.

I want and ending with Jim earning his freedom, not simply learning he had it all along. I want an ending where all of Jim and Huck's hard work paid off instead of learning they were fighting for something Jim already had. I wanted Jim to have only gone through mistreatment for a reason towards his freedom not because of others cruel actions towards an already free man.

I want an ending that highlighted the struggles for freedom but still provided the reader with a story and an ending that continued the progress and developments of characters instead of allowing them the lose all progress made. Most of all, I want an ending that left me wanting more, not wishing I hadn't read the ending at all.



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