Jim and Huck find the house to be a mess, and find whiskey, playing cards, and obscene graffiti (symbolizing human vices). Most importantly, they find the body of Huck's murdered father, who was shot in the back. Jim makes sure Huck doesn't see his face, so Huck doesn't know that his father was killed.
Jim discovers a man named Long John Silver inside the house. Long John Silver is a notorious pirate with one leg, and he eventually becomes a central character in the story.
Jim and Huck find the dead body of Huck's father, Pap Finn.
Huck's pap
The house Jim and Huck find is floating down the river, which is unusual because houses are typically stationary structures on land.
'Floating' is the gerund. Therefore the gerund phrase is 'Floating down the river on a raft'.
what is the gerund phrase in this sentence, Floating down the river on a raft was not Joel's idea of fun.
Mississippi River
Lesboats
An egg.
from a chicken
floating away down a river
A used Condom Floating down the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh
Jim and Huck find the house to be a mess, and find whiskey, playing cards, and obscene graffiti (symbolizing human vices). Most importantly, they find the body of Huck's murdered father, who was shot in the back. Jim makes sure Huck doesn't see his face, so Huck doesn't know that his father was killed.
Jim and Huck find the house to be a mess, and find whiskey, playing cards, and obscene graffiti (symbolizing human vices). Most importantly, they find the body of Huck's murdered father, who was shot in the back. Jim makes sure Huck doesn't see his face, so Huck doesn't know that his father was killed.
In Mark Twain's novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Huck's father, Pap Finn, is abusive and is revealed to have died in a cabin when it floats away during a flood. Huck discovers his father's body inside.