Compare and contrast In the story The Adventures Of Huck finn, Huck has his actual father and then he has a father figure, Jim. Both of these men played a big part in his life, his dad basically showed him how not to be and at times put the fear of god in him, he could even be abusive, thankfully my dad never was. At one point in my life, much like in Hucks, my dad had a serious drinking problem. Although my dad never locked me away in a cabin, sometimes it felt like his ways of being a parent were a bit extreme and uncalled for. Hucks dad wants to keep him uneducated and at home because he doesn’t want to feel inferior to him, my father was never like that, school has always been one of those things that my dad expects me to excel in
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Jim treats Huck a lot better than his dad ever did. He leaves the town he was in with Huck and helps him with things like food and shelter. Jim is a lot more like my dad, he treats Huck equal rather than trying to dominate or control him. My dad has never really tried to control what I do, he guides me and teaches me along the way instead, I feel like that’s how Huck and Jims relationship is. Jim isn’t very well educated, he never went to school or had a way to really learn all the things he should have while my dad went above and beyond during the time he was in school. In the novel Jim is extremely superstitious, for example if you were to get bit by a rattlesnake Jim would say that you have to cook and eat the snake, he believes in all kinds of crazy things that most likely aren’t true or real. My dad believes in some strange things as well, a lot like how Jim does. Even though Jim isn’t very well educated school wise, he’s pretty street smart and like my dad he knows a lot about things like nature. Jim is a really caring person, a lot of times in the story he puts Huck before himself, for example there was the time when he stayed up through his turn to sleep in order to let Huck sleep. Jim and my dad have a lot of similarities but they also have quit a few
Jim treats Huck a lot better than his dad ever did. He leaves the town he was in with Huck and helps him with things like food and shelter. Jim is a lot more like my dad, he treats Huck equal rather than trying to dominate or control him. My dad has never really tried to control what I do, he guides me and teaches me along the way instead, I feel like that’s how Huck and Jims relationship is. Jim isn’t very well educated, he never went to school or had a way to really learn all the things he should have while my dad went above and beyond during the time he was in school. In the novel Jim is extremely superstitious, for example if you were to get bit by a rattlesnake Jim would say that you have to cook and eat the snake, he believes in all kinds of crazy things that most likely aren’t true or real. My dad believes in some strange things as well, a lot like how Jim does. Even though Jim isn’t very well educated school wise, he’s pretty street smart and like my dad he knows a lot about things like nature. Jim is a really caring person, a lot of times in the story he puts Huck before himself, for example there was the time when he stayed up through his turn to sleep in order to let Huck sleep. Jim and my dad have a lot of similarities but they also have quit a few