The Meaning of Wealth In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, wealth is viewed differently by many characters. To Huck wealth is a burden that he does not want, “I don’t want to spend it. I don’t want it at all— nor the six thousand, nuther. I want you to take it; I want to give it to you—the six thousand and all.” (Twain, 18). Huck maintains this idea throughout the novel, seeing wealth as a burden that he does not need to be happy. His idea of wealth vastly contrasts with his father’s idea of wealth, with Pap wanting the wealth just so he could drink his life away, “I borrowed three dollars from Judge Thatcher, and pap took it and got drunk, and went a-blowing around and cussing and whooping and carrying on,” (23). Huck’s
