In, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry's relationship with his father is not a very stable one. Huck's father does not want him to persevere with his education and sophistication since he himself does not have very much of the two. As a result of his insecurities, he takes his dissatisfaction with himself out on Huckleberry. .
The beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is much like the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck became rich and began to live with the Widow. The Widow wanted Huck to be more adapted to her world, so she started to civilize him. As Huck was starting to modify, his spiteful father kidnapped him, which caused the Widow's work to be made vain. His father does not want Huck to exceed his-own adequacy believing a child should not be better than the parent. He makes sure that Huck does not progress in his schooling by locking him up in their cabin, making him the only one for Huck to depend on. .
Huck and his father's relationship shows the opposite of what most father-son relationships are, most fathers want the best life possible for their sons, not Huck's father. He wants his son to accomplish little in life and to be equivalent to him in education, manners, and language. While at the Widow's Huck learned not to curse and to enjoy school but once his father got a hold of him, Huck once again cursed and did not go to school. Huck then realized he did not want to be like his father and decided to leave. Their relationship explains why Huck the way he is and how he is able to manage the situations he gets himself into. .
If his father had not treated him the way he had, Huck would have never wanted to leave. But with the little knowledge he gained while in school, Huck was able to outwit his father while he was intoxicated and dangerous. Growing tired of the life he lead with his father, he escaped. Huck had no reservations about leaving his father, he just knew he had to get out of there.
Huck is unable to grasp Miss Watson's religion. ... Huck tests the theory and is let down. ... Huck is morally against the King and Dukes" plan. ... As Huck continues on his journey, Jim has become a companion in Huck's eyes. ... After Jim is captured and taken away from Huck, Huck will face the greatest challenge he has ever faced. ...
Miss Watson and Widow Douglass try to "sivilize" Huck, but Huck feels constrained by civilization. ... Huck eventually locates the raft and wakes Jim up. Jim is extremely happy to see that Huck is safe. ... Something seems to be bothering Huck. ... Huck has to choose between right and wrong. ...
Huck's strength demonstrates that he is a moral model. ... Both Huck and Jim weather the adversarial conditions. ... Throughout Huck's journey, there are many characters who cross Huck's path. ... Their presence in Huck's journey helps Huck to see what he doesn't want to become. ... In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck overcomes his past and becomes a moral model, in essence, a transformed Huck. ...
Importantly the journey worked to develop Huck morally. ... Jim and Huck are trapped in the same predicament. ... Both Huck and Jim were treated as property. ... Both Huck and Jim are on a quest for freedom. ... It is important for Huck to have this example. ...
When Huck's father kidnaps Huck to the woods, Huck wants to escape from his father. ... Jim also escapes to the river as Huck. ... Huck meets the king, and the Duke. ... When Huck and Jim float on the river, Huck begins to care about Jim and they helps each other. ... Huck begins to understand Jim. ...
Huck is on the run from his abusive father and later into the story, we learn Huck is in search of a more "natural" freedom from the mainstream rules of society-he is forever questioning. Opinion: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a coming of age story for Huck. ... Huck questions Miss Watson of manners and prayer 2.) ... Miss Watson tells Huck that if he does not behave, he will go to "the bad place". ... Huck's thinking is that he has someone's property and therefore, is stealing, and by not turning Jim in, Huck is being a bad person and might go to the "bad place" ...
Fortunately, Huck is later assisted by the guidance of Jim, a runaway slave who joins him on his journey and helps Huck gain his own sense of morality. ... At this moment, Huck is at the peak of his immorality. ... When Jim and Huck take the skiff for themselves, leaving the three robbers stranded, Huck realizes that he has left them to die. ... Huck's decision on this matter marks another major step in Huck's moral progression, because he decides not to turn in Jim on his own. ... To encapsulate Huck's total moral progression through his decision to help Jim, Huck states, "I"ll...
To show that Huck has a moral conscience Mark Twain has Huck Finn admit that he is lying. ... Jim tells Huck the truth about what happened and Huck blatantly lies to Jim. ... After Jim complies with Huck's explanation of the fog, Huck starts to feel remorse for lying to Jim. ... After Huck and Jim stole the boat, Huck pondered what he had just done. ... Once again Mark Twain shows the morality of Huck. ...
Jim quite naturally perceives Huck to be a ghost. ... In fact, as Huck says, "I was ever so glad to see Jim. ... And he shows himself to be not only human but humane in his compassion for and protection of Huck; for example, when Jim spots a dead body he recognizes as Huck's father, he quickly covers the corpse so Huck will not see. ... And the second is that Jim considers Huck a friend. ... Clearly Jim feels that he is Huck's equal here. ...
