Huck doesn't have a deep, concrete relationship with his father, but what they do have is very important conflict in the book. Pap is not around for most of Huck's life, only reappearing every once and a while. When he does reappear, he is always drunk. At one point, the town's people think he is dead because they believe they found him drowned on the river; but Huck finds out that Pap is very much alive, when h

Another example of Huck's negative feelings for Pap is Huck repeated "killing off" of his father. When he finds himself talking to strangers about his family, he describes his father as dead. For instance when Huck is telling the Grangerford's about his family, he says, "...and he [Pap] was just trimmed down to nothing, on account of his troubles; so when he died I took what was left..." (132). Although these are all lies, this shows the negative feelings towards his father.

Huck likes the fact that Pap hates civility just as much as he does, creating a common ground. When Pap takes Huck away to the cabin, Huck doesn't mind it at first. He says, "It was kind of lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day, smoking and fishing, and no books nor study." (32) He likes being kidnapped because he doesn't have to deal with studying or books, he enjoys the freedom he has. Although a threat, Huck enjoys certain aspects of his father.

Huck also feels contempt for

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