Huckleberry Finn

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Huck says, “And she took snuff too: of course that was all right because she done it herself.” Huck is trying to tell us in his own way, that Widow Douglas obviously contradicts herself in the fact that its alright that she sniffs tobacco, but not alright that Huck wants to smoke tobacco. This is irony because she says smoking is an unclean practice but because she takes snuff its perfectly acceptable.

5. Other examples of rebellion that are shown in Huck in these chapters are; after the widow tells Huck he can’t smoke and should try to stop when everyone is sleeping and does it anyway, he also sneaks out of the house at night with Tom Sawyer, even though he knows he’s not allowed out after dark.

Chapters V to VII

1. Huck’s father has returned to town because he hears of Huck’s six thousand dollar reward, and wants the money.

2. The change in Huck that upsets and angers his father the most is that Huck is now attending school and learning how to read and write. This angers him because he feels Huck is trying to be better than his own father and he almost talks about illiteracy as part of their families heritage.

3. A father usually serves as a role model for his son, but Pap is a horrible father, who is never there for his son and is highly abusive. He puts down Huck whenever possible and never wants Huck to think he is better than his father. Huck seems to reject his father as a model for himself, he used to be terrified of him growing up, but now seeing him again he pities him.
4. The free Negro from Ohio that Pap described was obviously of a higher class than he was and had much beyond the education level that Pap had, and without a doubt had much more money. Yet Pap still was outraged that the free Negro was able to vote. This obviously shows the truths about “white superiority” and racial hatred because this free Negro, was just as much a man, even a better man than Pap, but because of ...