Survival in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
...as doing to Huck until he escapes. Pap became so abusive(not realizing it because of he is always drunk), that he almost kills his son in the cabin, thinking he was the angel of death. This incident forces Huck to realize that his father is an immediate threat to his life and he must escape. His plan to escape is one of common sense combined with shrewdness and imagination. He creates a bloody scene with the blood of a pig he shot, smashed the door, left some his hair on a bloody ax, and left a trail of food, creating the impression that he was killed by robbers; his plan is a success. Huck must enter the world after his death in disguises, born as a new person repeatedly to conceal his real identity. Dressing as a girl to go ashore to gather information is just one of the identities he must assume through out his whole journey. This example shows how ingenious and innovative Huck is in creating a creditable story that will camouflage his real identity. In the act of meeting a lady who had recently settled in town, he dresses as a girl, makes up a name and a convincible story, " trusting providence to put the right words in my mouth when the time come." He finds out that her husband was going to Jackson Island to see if he could find Jim. He is fortunate enough to get this information or else they would have been caught by suprise. The capsizing of Jim and Huck's raft, creates a situation in which Huck must go ashore. He finds himself in the midst of barking dogs in front of the Grangerford's home. Trusting providence again, he introduces himself as George Jackson and that he fell overboard from a passing steamboat. He is welcomed into the Grangerford's home because his identity and story is convincible. After a day there, Huck forgets his new name. Understanding Buck, the youngest of the family, desire to show off, Huck gets him to spell his name revealing his new identity. Getting Buck to spell his name because he understands his personality, is just one of Huck's qualities that help him to survive on the frontier. The adaptability of Huck Finn is marked throughout the novel. He is extremely adaptable and can tolerate living with the widow, his father, and in the Grangerford's home. Toleration of the best and worst situations seems to be one of his best qualities. Huck did not like the burden civilized society placed upon his shoulders. Even though he did no like the restrictions of society, he learned to accept the ways of the widow; he wore the fancy clothes, ate dinner at a table, did not curse or smoke, and decided to get an education. He benefited from living with the widow and he saw that it was somehow necessary to follow her rules; abiding by her rules were hard at first, but he reached a point where he "was getting sort of used to the widow's ways, too, and they weren't so raspy on me." A father is suppose to wish the best for his children, but Pap seems to dislike the idea that his on is getting an education, becoming better that who he was. Huck's father hears of his fortune and returns to get custody, ultimately kidnapping Huck and putting him a locked cabin across the river. Pap would beat his son quite frequently. In the woods Huck felt free of the civilized world because he would smoke, curse, and eat at any time of the day because Pap had no objections, yet his freedom was altered by the presence of his father. Huck was abused, but he made the best of a terrible situation. He got to a point where he "didn't see how I'd ever got to like it so well at the widow's." He got used to the woods and had no desire to return to civilization. At the home of the Grangerford's, Huck quickly adapts to a relaxing and luxurious environment. He is impressed by their furniture and m...