Part one of term paper
ry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain describes the journey of a young boy and a runaway slave, Jim, up the Mississippi River. One of the most important themes of the book is that society is cruel. The book's tone also changes. Sometimes its serious, other times its funny, even silly. The book is classic because the tone su ...

Part two of term paper
... sides goes for one another... and by and by everybody's killed off, and there ain't no more feud"(Twain 109). Pap, Huck's father, was very mean to everyone, but especially Huck. Pap cannot read and does not want his son to be better than himself. Pap doesn't like the fact that Widow Douglas is trying to "civilize" him. Pap comes home every night and physically abuses Huck. During the day Pap would lock Huck in the cabin until he returned in order to keep Huck from escaping. Nothing can harm ...