The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1649 Words

â€Å"I was thinking about how everybody can’t be everything to each other, but some people can be something to each other†(Winik). In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the main character, Huck, creates many relationships during his adventure on the river, and these relationships impacts what kind of person Huck becomes. Mark Twain in his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn expresses how every single relationship, whether it lasts one week, several years, or a lifetime, shapes how a person lives his/her life. The Widow in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn fills the role as Huck’s mother figure. The relationship that Huck has with the Widow can be seen as strained because of how the widow tries to instill proper morals and civilize Huck.†¦show more content†¦The Widow and Huck’s relationship progresses so much, from the beginning with Huck running away to him deciding to behave and act civilized. The relationship the Widow has made with Huck has impacted Huck to the point of him truly putting an effort towards being civilized. Without this relationship Huck would still be that wild uncivilized boy he had been before living with the widow. A negative relationship that Huck has is with his father who is referred to as â€Å"Pap†. Pap is an abusive, alcoholic racist who beats Huck and tries to take his money. Pap has only a negative impact on Huck by instilling terrible morals in Huck. The reader can tell how Huck feels about his father when he thinks, â€Å"Pap he hadn t been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn t want to see him no more. He used to always 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†(Twain 11). It is obvious that Huck does not like the relationship he has with his father by him saying that he was â€Å"comfortable† with Pap being away for over a year. Even though Pap abuses Huck and is a drunk, Huck still likes the free and uncivilized aspect