Huck Finn Blog Post 1

Throughout the first ten chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain proves that Huck Finn is an independent character. Huck proves his independence by constantly taking care of himself. When Huck’s troublesome father takes Huck into the woods so they can live together, the idea of independence is presented. Huck’s father is a terrible alcoholic and leaves Huck locked in the house alone some nights. He locks Huck in the tiny cabin and goes to town and gets drunk, sometimes not returning for several days. It is during the times when Huck is alone that he must be self-sufficient. “He got to going away so much, too, and locking me in. Once he locked me in and was gone three days. It was dreadful lonesome” (Twain, 32). Living this way for several months caused a loneliness to develop in Huck’s life. He was often forced to be independent and abandoned.

Huck Finn shows by his actions that he is carefree. Huck is not living an orderly life by any means. He was taken in by a widow but did not enjoy his life there. The reason he felt this way was because of the organization. Huck does not want to live his life in an orderly way. He pays little attention to the big picture, but yet focuses on the moment he is in. The only thing Huck truly cares about is his troublesome friend, Tom Sawyer. When the housekeeper, Mrs. Watson, tells Huck that she does not think he will go to heaven, Huck barely cares. “I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight. I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together” (Twain, 13). This is a perfect example to represent how nothing truly matters in Huck’s eyes, just as long as he is with Tom Sawyer.