Huck's Life

Huck has a really rough lifestyle even though it is simple and some times laid back. His father when he came back did not even give Huck the time of day or care that a normal loving parent would give out. Pap is only interested in getting drunk and stealing Huck's money to get drunk even more. Huck was wise to sign his money over to Judge Thatcher when he did, or else Pap would have stolen it through parental rights over their children and gotten drunk. If Pap had stolen the money to get drunk he would have been even more abusive and disrespectful to Huck. I believe that the Widow should gain legal parental rights of Huck before he gets killed by Pap. The Widow would raise him up right and make his life more like the boys in his town and he would then be safe from the beatings from his father. Huck may like living like his father, but he would do better in life if he was raised by the Widow and you never know the Widow may let him go have a more laid back kind of life and not so uptight and restricted. I bet any boy his age would love to live out in the woods without any parents or adults watching over them and making them go to school, they would go lay out in the sun for a few hours; then maybe fish or hunt to feed themselves.