I come to the end of my 4th and probably final reading of this classic novel. Next I am going to reread "Tom Sawyer." There will be a symposium at the Birmingham Public Library on March 20 on this novel.
It seems that many critics have a problem with the ending when Tom Sawyer shows up providentially and then finally Aunt Polly shows up at the very end to help save Jim. I have no problem with the way the book ends. After all, this is fiction, and don't we like a neat and conclusive ending?
Otherwise, how could Twain have ended it? We expect Jim to gain his freedom; how could it have come about unless Miss Watson freed him before she died and word comes from Tom & Polly with this news?
Let up, critics! The ending is fine.
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