The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Characters
Huckleberry Finn telis this story from his own point of view and in his own language. A boy of about fourteen, he has been left to his own devices since his mother's death. Huck's negligent father, Pap Finn, has an unnaturally pale complexion that results from his dissolute life and represents the most virulent white racism. Characterized by his drunkenness, hypocrisy, selfishness, and prideful ignorance, he is interested in his son only for the fortune of six thousand dollars Huck acquired in Tom Sawyer. Pap abducts Huck from his guardian, the Widow Douglas, who imposes "sivilization"...
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