Huckleberry Finn showed that he had some serious daddy
issues in the last reading. What was the most curious to me about the
interaction between Huck and his father is that his father beats him because of
things that Huck can’t control; however, Huck still enjoys fishing and hunting
with his father. How old is Huck? I know that if I was that child I would be
very scarred by that and I would want to fight back and hurt him not go fishing
and hunting with him. Huck shows more patience and self control than I think I could
ever muster.
Why does Huck’s father lock him in the house? I have come up
with two reasons but I’m not sure which one is the actual reason. The first
thought that I had was that Pap did not want Huck to run away because he thinks
that Huck is worth $6000. Then I got to thinking and I remembered when the widow
Douglas and Judge Thatcher sent someone out for Huck and I thought that maybe
Pap knew he was going to lose Huck in the trial and was trying to hold on to
him as long as possible. Either way it appears that Huck is trying to escape
his log cabin cage.
I think that huck wants to escape so badly because he's afraid that pap is going to end up hurting him really badly next time he gets drunk, and he also wants to be on his own.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is a girl or boy but, if you were in a real life experience, I doubt you would fight your own dad. Maybe in your mind you think you would take action but if you were really in that situation you might have a different opinion. My dad has done terrible things to me, but I try to put that in the past and live in the moment, if my dad wanted to go fishing and he was in a good mood I would go fishing with him. I might be a little scared but oh well. More to the point, I think Huck was trapped in the cabin because his dad wanted to keep him for the money. His dad wouldn't care about him if he didn't have that money.
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