In Mark Twain’s novel, Huckleberry Finn, the main character, Huck, discovers many ways of the world, things he could never learn in a classroom. As a young boy, Huck comes across many things that some grown men had never experienced, such as a tumultuous relationship with his father, encounters with scoundrels, and acts of bigotry against his friend, Jim. Huck’s Pap is not the typical loving father that Huck could respect and look up to. Pap not only abuses him verbally, but also physically because he thinks Huck is trying to be better ....