Huck Finn Character Analysis

Pap Finn is a pretty minor character in the fiction novel The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain. This book was written in 1883 but was set in the 1830’s. This was a very significant time in history because of slavery and the book being placed in the south with one of the major characters being a slave. Pap is Huck’s abusive, alcoholic father. He doesn’t show up much in the book, but when he does it’s nothing but trouble which is why he’s such an important minor character. Pap Finn is a very good example of minor and antagonist character types, he represents themes like denial, and he relates to many characters outside of this book. Pap Finn is arguably a very important minor character. Despite the fact that he was abusive, he stressed out his son, and all he wanted from his kid was his money, he was still an important part of the book. Huck was never fond of his father. “I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much. I reckoned I was scared now, too; but in a minute I see I was mistaken—that is, after the first jolt, as you may say, when my breath sort of hitched, he being so unexpected; but right away after I see I warn 't scared of him worth bothring about,” (Twain, 29). This shows that Huck was frightened of his dad and didn’t want him around. Additionally, he was not that great of a person either, he was a very racist man. Granted, this book takes place in the 1830’s where pretty much everyone in the south was a racist or a slave owner. This just