The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn Essay -- Literary Analysis, Mark Twa

Often th unevenout a persons life negative and optimistic influences are infused into ones mind through friends, and family. In Mark boths novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the lead character, grows up under the guidance of three distinct adult views on how a boy should behave. Huck, the lead character, learns helpful and damaging life lessons from the Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, Jim, and pap.To begin with, the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson are dickens wealthy sisters who adopt Huck. Thw two sisters want to teach Huck the importance of religion, manners, and behaving. After staying in the house for a while, Huck realizes that it is rough living in the house all the time, because the Widow Douglas wants to sivilize him(Twain, 1). When dinner is ready the leave would call Huck to the table, plainly before they began eating the widow needs to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals (1). Huck knew there was nonhing was wrong with the food but because th e widow was religious she was toilsome to instill in Huck that he needs to bless his food and give thanks to God for it. The widow is trying to make religion a part of Hucks life, which seems to be a negative impact on his life considering the many times Twain portrays religious persons as being gullible. Miss Watson, the more forceful of the two sisters, is adamant close getting huck to behave. To help mold Huck into a person that goes to the good place also known as heaven, Miss Watson constantly tells him things to do to help him behave such as dont put your feet up there and set up straight(2). Besides adopting a religion, and behaving, Hucks appearance needed to be neat and respectable. Although the new clothes do Huck sweat and sweat,... ...who has ever kep his promise to ole Jim (80). Another character quality that Huck learns from Jim is that African-Americans are people too that can feel the same about their family as Caucassians feel about theirs. Huck often hears J im moaning in the night about being homesick and missing his family. This is when Huck understands that just because Jim is African-American does not mean that they are incapable of having the same feelings as Caucassians. In general Jim affects Huck positively because now Huck is humble, trustworthy, and not as influenced by nightspot about African-Americans.Ultimately, Hucks personality is shaped by three adults with different guidance styles. In general Miss Watson, Widow Douglas, and Jim put in beneficial character traits to help shape Huck Finn as a person, while pap only added worthless drivel such as not going to school.