The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck’s real father is Pap but he learns that his “true father” is Jim. Having a Jim the runaway slave as a companion makes it allot more dangerous of a trip. His real father, Pap, is gone most of the time wandering around begging for money and drinking.  Pap will come back every now and then to beg for money and to beat Huck for no reason.  In the book, Jim the runaway slave acts more like a father to Huck. Because Jim is a role model to the Huck, he is more of a father figure than his Pap will ever be.

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Huck learns that Pap is not a real father to him. Pap drinks heavily and begs and cons the people of the town. “He drank and drank, and tumbled down on his blankets by and by.” (p.36) Pap kidnaps, beats and holds hostage his own son. He even tries to steal his own son’s money. He had to fake his own death to escape from Pap. Pap taught Huck on how to steal, that school and civilization is bad. Fathers should not fill their children’s heads with lies. Even though Huck does steal from people he eventually learns that this ...

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