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Huck Finn Pros And Cons

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Mark Twain, in this novel, presents another important issue which is the position of children in society. One thing to consider throughout the court and the Pap debating custody was how Huck felt through all of this and if he had any rights of his own to speak up about the matter. It is true that a child will most likely lose all respect for their parent when they abandon them. For example, Huck describes Pap as “He was mostly fifty, and he looked it” (Twain 31). “I see I wasn’t scared of him worth bothering about” (Twain 31). Twain makes it clear to readers that Huck is either afraid, disappointed, or hurt by Pap more often than not. So should it not be that Huck had a say during the custody trial? As a matter of fact, he so desperately did
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