... conscience over whether or not he should become civilized to please the Widow Douglas, or live the easy life with his father. This dilemma launches Huck into a journey through many other dilemmas he is forced to deal with when he decides to try and find his own lifestyle down river. Before Huck decides to ... abusive father. Life with Pap, as Huck referred to him, is two-sided in every way. Huck is presented with long days of leisure, and frightening nights of abuse from his father. "[The leisurely days are] kind of lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day, smoking and fishing, and ...

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