Huckleberry Finn book report Essay

Huck's dissatisfaction in civilization and it's beliefs is the trigger to his development and growth. At first, Huck is shown as an ignorant 12 year old, born in to the harsh life of pre civil

Huck has a grim attitude toward people he disagrees with or doesn't get along with. Huck tends to alienate himself from those people. He doesn't let it bother him. Unlike most people Huck doesn't try to make his point. When Huck has a certain outlook on things he keep his view. He will not change it for anyone. For instance in Chapter Three when Miss Watson tells Huck that if he prayed he would get everything he wished for. “Huck just shook his head yes and walked away telling Tom that it doesn't work because he has tried it before with fishing line and fishing hooks.” This tells us that Huck is an independent person who doesn't need to rely on

When Huck returns home he finds his father in his bedroom. He threatens him not to tell anyone he’s there. Huck then describes him as about 50 years old, with long hair, pale skin, a beard and a hat. Huck’s father accused him of trying to be better than the rest of his family by being civilized and hygienic. He makes threats to Huck and he wants him to quit school and give him his assets. Huck denies knowledge of the money and tells him to ask Judge Thatcher. Huck’s father then tells him to give him whatever money he has on him which Huck does, then his father leaves. The next day Judge Thatcher refuses to give the money and starts trying to get custody of Huck. Unfortunately the Judge in charge of this case is new and doesn’t know Huck’s father is a bad man. He wants to keep the father and son together, so he attempts to clean Huck’s father up himself. After living with the family for about a week, Huck’s dad claims to have seen the error of his ways and changed. The family in response to this decide to let him stay in the spare room of their house. One night, he decided to sell his

8. How does the physical description of Huck's father in Chapter 5 also serve to describe his character?

These chapters establish components of Huck’s self that others hope to influence: his emotions, his intelligence, his fiscal responsibility, his spirituality, his social self, and his physical health and habits. To what and whom does Huck conform and when/how does he reject conformity in these chapters?

though, and is in to living a fancy life. Huck does not wish to live such a life. He enjoys a

Huck is confused because he initially considered himself as the abnormal one who is trying to escape a slave.

One night his father breaks into his room at the Widow’s house and insults Huck repeatedly. He bullies Huck for looking nice and learning how to read. Huck’s father Pap uses Huck’s supposed wealth as an excuse to take his son back. Pap takes advantage of his son Huck by taking him back into his care to receive the money belonging to Huck. All Pap seems to care about is the money he could receive. When Pap takes Huck to his cabin Huck is physically abused. At one point Pap chases Huck around threatening to kill him. Huck lives in constant fear of his father and his father's drinking because of the violent way he’s treated by his only family

Huck has grown up with a alcoholic father who is abusive. His father would try to keep him in the house all day and not let him go to school. At times his father would be passed out and not heard from a while, Huck say “Pap he hadn't been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn't want to see him no more. He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands

Huck had been abused emotionally and physically his whole life because of his Pap. Pap walked in and out of Huck’s life numerous of times and this was Huck’s first glimpse of civilization and it was not good. Pap was an alcoholic, when he drank too much he got very abusive. Pap does not want Huck to get an education because then Huck would be smarter than him. Pap demands that he does not finish school and stops learning about religion. Huck said “He took it and bit it to see if it was good, and then he said he was going down town to get some whisky; said he hadn't had a drink all day. When he had got out on the shed he put his head in again, and cussed me

Chapter Eleven Response- Huck learns that the reward on Jim’s head is greater than that over his father’s head. Both Jim and Huck’s father are suspects in Huck’s alleged murder mystery.

Well I Guess This is Growing Up The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a potent novel by Mark Twain, is a story of a young boy, Huck Finn, trying to escape his abusive and authoritarian household. Growing up without a caring mother figure in his life has caused him to mature quicker than a normal 13 year old boy. He has to depend on himself in order to get through life. In the beginning of the story, Huck is shown as very immature.

Huck states, ¨So he watched out for me one day in the spring and catched me and took me up the river about

In contrast, Huck appears to have no desire to have a relationship with his father. At one point in the story Huck does not even know if his father is alive or not, and apparently does not care to know. Because of his father's

Finding it hard to prostrate himself to a black person, Huck displays societal ideas of white supremacy. At the same time, however, Huck continues by stating, “I wouldn’t done that one if I’d knowed it would make him feel that way (Twain 105). This reveals his changing attitude towards Jim, and reflects his ability to respect Jim’s emotions as a fellow human. This compassion for Jim continues to evolve during their journey, however, muddied by Huck’s racism.