Passion / Revenge

Catarina Sousa
 In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,  by Mark Twain  leads us to believe that children starting to enter the world of adulthood go through problems that are truly more severe then expected. They live in a rural area where the rich were clean and educated, while the poor, such as Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, are left to figure life out by itself. Huck find’s the illness behind his father’s eyes to be the end of him. Which, it almost was. But, Huck takes the chance to look for adventure to follow his passion but to disregard his responsibility to his father and others. He saves his life, watches his father lose his, and finds that it's you against the world. Being alone at such a young age, really saddens how humanity lives. In once case, people spend their lives searching for somewhere they belong, but instead end up more alone then before.
 Huckleberry Fin’s father is one of the many few characters that has a severe problem. His alcoholism led him to being the town drunk, but this rude reputation wasn’t all. He lived in a dusty old beat up cabin. Before, he sent Huck away to live with people that would “tidy” him up since his father didn’t have the circumstances to do so. But, Huck got fed up of being someone he’s not. Instead, he went back with his alcoholic father. The real problem began once Huck’s father started to beat him every night when he got home from getting buzzed. One night, after continuous beating, Huck’s father tried killing him. Luckily, his father passed out before it could happen. But in case the situation occurred again, Huck decided to fake his own death. By this, Huck takes animal blood and lays it on the floor, leading his father to believe he’s dead. When Huck finishes making the scene look believable, he flees away. Huck shows us that he didn't have a choice but to leave. In real life, people are forced to be isolated because of family problems, health problems, etc. When put in the position of life or death, most people would chose to live alone, rather than end of dead because of an avoidable situation.
 When Huck flees he encounters Jim. Jim was the slave worker of Huck’s previous family. Jim tells huck that they are planning to sell him and he has to escape to survive. Huck sees this opportunity to run away with Jim to have company along the way. On this journey they endeavor, a flood sweeps by a nearby town and has the town underwater. Luckily, Jim and Huck used a wooden floating device that helped them survive. By this time, they see a house floating and decide to go inside for better safety. On the way inside, they leap into a bedroom. The find a dead body laying on the bed. They ignore the fact that someone’s been killed, but instead continue their journey. By the end of the book, we find out that Huck’s father, or the town drunk, was the dead man. He doesn’t know the cause of his death, but suspects it’s because of his alcoholism. When Huck fleed, his father also ended up by his lonesome. But, in this severe case, it killed him. If Huck stayed, it would have been possible for him to change his ways and give up drinking. But what if Huck leaving lead to his considered alchol poisoming? It's possible to assume that his father's death could be a suicide. He took the chancxe of over intoxicating his body and it made him end up alone and dead, just like the people in the town assumed in the beginning. 
 This part of the story really defines the true meaning of the book. The journey these two embark on takes an interesting turn. Now, it’s just not talking about being free, its actually happening. The whole reason for this adventure comes from his father’s actions. Thus, his father showed him to be on his own and take control. Even when he was with Jim, who is much older, Huck takes the lead. In the end, seeing his father dead didn’t have an effect on him. Which proves, he really did take on the world, with a little help form his friends.