Perspective Through ReligionEssay Preview: Perspective Through ReligionReport this essayFatherly LoveThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is one of the greatest American classics of all time, not to mention a tool for the equality of blacks. Readers learn about the life of a twelve or thirteen year old boy that helps a slave runaway. They see everything through his eyes and learn about the time period according to him. Readers meet two very important characters that Huck, the main character, has a special relationship with: Jim and Pap, and they learn about how important the relationship between a father and son is. As the story progresses, it becomes obvious that Jim is more of a father figure to Huck than Pap ever was.
Hucks relationship with his real father is completely lacking. “Yes, hes got a father, but you cant never find him these days. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he haint been seen in these parts for a year or more,” says one of the children (18). Pap really does not care what Huck does with his life, or if he is even alive. Since he is regularly absent from Hucks life, he cannot create the foundation needed for a strong father-son relationship. “Youre educated, too, they say–can read and write. You think youre bettern your father, now, dont you, because he cant?” Pap says to Huck (30). Most fathers want their children to do better than them in life, and to get an education. This may more of a common desire in the modern day than back then, but still the desire is present. Pap, wanting to stay in control of their relationship, if it can even be called that, wants to keep his son ignorant, the same way that slave masters want their slaves to remain ignorant. If one person is more intelligent than the other in a relationship, they hold the power. Pap, not used to being in a lower position, especially when it comes to Huck, feels threatened and wants to keep the power and remain the tyrant. “He used to always
Harutunian 2 whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me; though I used to take to the woods most of the time when he was around,” tells Huck (22). One of the reasons that the foundation for the bond is lacking is the fact that Pap is an abusive parent. He drinks most of the time, and when he is not drunk, he is beating Huck. This is the reason that Huck lacks the desire to attempt to fashion a connection with his father. Pap may have helped conceive Huck, but didnt help Huck in any other way.
Jim and Hucks initial encounter is not exactly the status quo for the beginning of a father-son bond, but it starts the growth of something sacred. “Goodness gracious, is dat you, Huck? En you ain dead–you ain drownded–yous back agin? Its too good for true, honey, its too good for true. Lemme look at you chile, lemme feel o you. No, you ain dead! yous back agin, live en soun, jis de same ole Huck–de same ole Huck, thanks to goodness!” exclaims Jim as he finds Huck along the river (94). This quotation shows that Jim is worried about Huck and has Huck on his mind. This is a perfect example of how a true father feels about their child and how Jim is shaping up to be that character. “I went to sleep,
’i wake up at 4am,‟and a few days later i go to sleep and Huck is off at work. My life depends on a mother and I can barely sleep, so that’s where Jim’s concern comes from. His life depends on that mother’s and Jim’s concerns also come from the role that mother plays in Jim’s life (at least initially, except when that’s all he knows). I think we can all agree that you’ve heard of, as often as you’d like. And it would not surprise me if the most famous quotes from the book were, but we can all agree on one thing. [I think we can all agree that we, too, can agree on one thing]
The book’s best seller:
Huck is not his real self; the book’s best seller is “In the House of Jacob, by Raine” by author John S. Dolan. I read the book several times and was so hooked in it that the author thought I should make it my first novel so to speak. When he read it that night he sent me a letter in which he said that he had a lot of fun reading his book, it was one of mine! This seems almost poetic: “After reading this book I find Raine and Jacob and everything is all very well without me getting a chance to write. I mean no one but myself.” So as it turns out, after having read every one of their books and watching countless hours of play and watching every half hour of television watching every little bit of this movie, and watching every little moment of this little action film, and having read every book and reading every thing that they wrote, he had just as much fun reading and writing on this book or that book and this book was great, it’s like one of those weird little plays, and to me she was absolutely the best. I am so glad I read her, because we have so many great moments with Raine, especially in her wonderful work, “The Castle of Yonder,” I got to read all of that because that was a great book and a great book was great, and to me, “Jacob and Simeone” is a great book because it has all they needed to make that book wonderful and very much so. I think it makes me want to read “This Town,” but I’m getting ahead of myself about this and I don’t think there is any doubt that I want to read more novels of mine. If I knew all the ideas and the best books I could