Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the theme is man versus society, where Huck is indecisive of following what people think is right or what he thinks is right. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, villains play an important role in Huck’s development.
In the beginning, Pap hardened Huck from feeling love from anyone. Pap doesn’t show
Huck any love, so Huck does not know what love is. “I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much.” (Twain 14). Pap abuses Huck too much that Huck doesn’t has never experienced love to the point that he doesn’t care. Like he doesn’t know love what love is and thinks it’s some gross thing. He stops Huck’s …show more content…
“ When I got all wore out wid work, en wid de callin’ for you, en went to sleep, my heart wuz mos’ broke bekase you wuz los’ en I didn’ k’ yer no mo’ what become er mos’ en de raf’.” (Twain 65). It showed that Jim was worried about Huck more than his own self. He thought of Huck as his son, and when Huck played that prank, it showed Jim that Huck just thought of him as a slave. Huck acted this way, because he didn’t know that there was someone that cared about him. Huck was dumb to still follow Tom’s way even though he knew it was a bad decision. “ I’ll tell you. It ain’t right and it ain’t moral, and I wouldn’t like it to get out--but there ain’t only just the one way; we got to dig him out with the picks, and let on it’s case knives. ( Twain 186). Huck finally realized how horrible Tom is, but he still follows his way. He kept on thinking that this was not a great idea, because he wanted to save his friend, not have a fun adventure. In the end the villain got punished, for instance, Tom got shot for picking this horrible way and ,Jim and Huck didn’t were not the ones shot. Huck betrayed the conmen in saving Mary and the girls. “ I put it in the coffin. It was in there when you was crying there, away in the night. I was behind the door, and I was mighty sorry for you, Miss Mary Jane.” (Twain 144). Huck knew they were con men, but he didn’t realize how evil they were, that they would kill for money. So, Huck being the hero went behind the duke and …show more content…
Pap, Tom, and the con men, played an important role in Huck’s development. Pap wasn’t there when Huck needed him, but Jim was there. Huck finally knows how bad Tom is, making him less of Huck’s role model. The con men made Huck experience how evil robbers and murderers were, and Huck played hero in stopping them. Without villains, Huck wouldn’t mature and would still be the same as he was before the