I read the first five chapters of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and what stood out to me most was how he felt about his father. At the beginning of the book, he was told that his father was dead, although he doesn't believe it. When he speaks of his past, he says that he was afraid of this father, and that his father was always drunk. Although he has been adopted by the widow, he is still affected by what his father. His father made him give all his money up, walk around in rags, and would never let him go to school.
When Huck sees a footprint with a mark he recognizes, he immediately gets rid of his money. When he runs into his father, in his room, his fears come back to him for a moment and then we realise that he wasn't that shocked to see his father. The footprint belongs to his father. His father is mean, and he insults Huck. He is jealous that his son is getting a better education then him. He doesn't want his son to be better off, and he doesn't like the fact that Huck has better clothes, and most of all he doesn't like that he has money, since the money should be his (so he thinks). His father has no ambition in life, except to drink and get the money to drink wherever he can find it. He takes the only money his son has, a dollar. His son gave up all his money to the judge, so that he wouldn't be in danger, and so that his father wouldn't put himself in anymore danger.
It was rather sad that the new judge didn't see that Hucks father was a bad influence for his son, and that he could actually change a man like Hucks father.
sad.sad. sad.
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