Please answer the following question based on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Many critics of Huckleberry Finn have pointed out that the Phelps'...

Critics definitely argue that this final episode from the
novel represents an "evasion" from the main themes and development of the novel up until
this stage. It is definitely very comic, as Huck seems to become a sidekick again to Tom
Sawyer, and Tom insists on showing his true Romantic self by devising a ridiculous
escape plan so that they can rescue Jim in the way that "all the books" say he must be
rescued. One can't help but be amused at Tom's insistence that they carry out the escape
plan "properly" rather than follow Huck's incredibly simple, straightforward and
effective idea. Note how Tom Sawyer responds to this practical
idea:

Work?
Why, cert'nly it would work, like rats a-fighting. But it's too blame' simple; there
ain't nothing to it. What's the good of a plan that ain't no more trouble than that?
It's as mild as goose-milk. Why, Huck, it wouldn't make no more talk than breaking into
a soap factory.

So it is that
Tom Sawyer suggests his ludicrous plan that Jim himself has to come out of his "cell" to
help with. However, whilst there is a definite change of tone, I believe it is possible
to argue that there is a much more serious underlying tone going on in this final
episode of the book. Note the way that Jim is treated by Tom's plan. Tom is more
concerned about doing the escape "right" than he is about Jim's welfare. In particular,
critics point out his cruelty in not announcing that Jim had actually been released
until after he had had his fun in devising the escape plan and carrying it out. The
pervasive theme of racism is still very much present even in the final chapters of this
book.