How Is Pap A Hero In Huckleberry Finn

In Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn romanticism is active due to Huck's hardships. When Pap searches for Huck, the only reason being is to collect money from him. When Pap enters Huck's room, Huck recalls, “When he had got out on the shed he put his head in again, and cussed me for putting on frills and trying to be better than him; and when I reckoned he was gone he come back and put his head in again, and told me to mind about that school, because he was going to lay for me and lick me if I didn't drop that” (Twain 28). Pap was very angry at Huck for attending school and knowing how to read. He did not want Huck to be smarter than him because he wanted to be the superior figure. This made Huck very anxious to be near him because he is always yelling at him.

Since there is not much care for Huck, he then results in using his imagination all the time. Next, Huckleberry Finn was a victim of a kidnapping by his own father which acted as another catalyst for wanting to escape the city. When Pap locked Huck in a cabin and left, Huck said, “Once he locked me in and was gone three days. It was dreadful lonesome” (Twain 18). Huck did not want to be lonely but, be with his friends. They were the only people Huck enjoyed to hang around because they thought like him and did not beat him like his father. Adventures was their main motto and Huck was part of it. He eventually figured a way to get out of the cabin but did not go back home but instead, he continued down the Mississippi. Huck understood the situation he was in and wanted to make to most of it. Romanticism's presence exists at this point. Huck’s imagination runs wild and he decides to fake his own death. This allows him to gain a new identity and forget everything he