In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, a white boy named Huckleberry Finn (Huck) helps a runaway slave named Jim become free. Huck's father which he calls Pap is an abusive and drunk man that treats his son horribly. The story takes place in the Mississippi River, the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri and various locations along the river through Arkansas. Also, it takes place before the Civil War so roughly 1835–1845. Jim and Pap are both different father figures towards Huck. Jim is a better father figure because he respects him, he explains how he fells and influences him to do the right thing. Pap isn't a good father figure because he is always drunk, looks for money and locks his kid in a house and chases him around.
             On page 21, Huck describes what his father did by saying, "Next day he was drunk, and he went to Judge Thatcher's and bullyragged him, and tried to make him give up the money; but he couldn't, and then he swore he'd make the law force him." Pap is a bad father figure because he was drunk and wanted to have his son's money. Also, its disrespectful to harass a judge and that's not a good influence towards Huck. When Pap gets money the only thing he buys with it is whisky. However, on page 88, Huck says what Jim said which was, "He was saying how the first thing he would do when he got to a free state he would go to saving up money and never spend a single cent, and when he got enough he would buy his wife, which was owned on a farm close to where Miss Watson lived; and then they would both work to buy the two children, and if their master wouldn't sell them, they'd get a Ab'litionist to go and steal them." Jim is a good father figure because he cares for his family and is going to save enough money to buy his family. That teaches Huck that nothing is more important than having and caring for your family.
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