Pap Vs Jim
...e confronts Huck and says, “Don’t you give me none o’ your lip…You’ve put on considerable many frills since I been away. I’ll take you down a peg before I get done with you…” I think Pap is tearing down Huck to make himself look superior. He doesn’t want Huck to be anything. Pap also continues to verbally abuse Huck when he says, “And looky here- you drop that school you hear? I’ll learn people to bring up a boy to put on airs over his own father and let on to be better’n what he is.” Pap doesn’t want Huck to have an education. He threatens Huck if he tries to live a better life. The relationship between Huck and Pap seems abusive. However, Jim is a caring and compassionate parent to Huck. For example, a short time after Huck spares Jim, Jim says, “Ef you’s got hairy arms en a hairy breas’ it’s a sign dat you’s a-gwyne to be rich. Well, dey’s some use in a sign like dat, ‘kase it’s so fur ahead. You see, maybe you’s got to be po’ a long time fust, en so you might git discourage’ en kill yo’sef ‘f you didn’ know by de sign dat you gwyne to be rich bymeby.” I think Jim is passing something he believes onto Huck, which is a father trait. Jim is a father figure toward Huck. In addition, on Jackson Island, Jim tells Huck that they need to take their belongings to a cave because the behavior of the birds indicate heavy rai...