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Huckleberry Finn

January 01, 1970

For other uses, see Huckleberry Finn (disambiguation).

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884). He is 12 to 13 years old during the former and a year older ("thirteen to fourteen or along there", Chapter 17) at the time of the latter. Huck also narrates Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective, two shorter sequels to the first two books.

Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn, as depicted by E. W. Kemble in the original 1884 edition of the book
First appearanceThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Last appearanceTom Sawyer, Detective
Created byMark Twain
In-universe information
NicknameHuck
GenderMale
Family"Pap" Finn (father)
Mrs. Finn (deceased mother)

Characterization edit

Huckleberry "Huck" Finn is the son of the town's vagrant drunkard, "Pap" Finn. Sleeping on doorsteps when the weather is fair, in empty hogsheads during storms, and living off of what he gets from others, Huck lives the life of a destitute vagabond. The author metaphorically names him "the juvenile pariah of the village" and describes Huck as "idle, and lawless, and vulgar, and bad", qualities for which he was admired by all the other children in the village, although their mothers "cordially hated and dreaded" him.

Huck is an archetypal innocent, able to discover the "right" thing to do despite the prevailing theology and prejudiced mentality of the South of that era. An example of this is his decision to help Jim escape slavery, even though he believes he will go to Hell for it.

His appearance is described in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He wears the clothes of full-grown men which he probably received as charity, and as Twain describes him, "he was fluttering with rags." He has a torn, broken straw hat, his trousers are supported with only one suspender, and "was the first boy who went barefoot in the spring and the last to resume leather in the fall," (Mark Twain believed that it was "tough" or "manly" for young boys to go around barefoot at that time). Even Tom Sawyer, the St. Peters-burg hamlet boys' leader sees him as "the banished Romantic".

Tom's Aunt Polly calls Huck a "poor motherless thing." Huck confesses to Tom in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that he remembers his mother and his parents' relentless fighting that stopped only when she died.

Huck has a carefree life free from societal norms or rules, stealing watermelons and chickens and "borrowing" (stealing) boats and cigars. Due to his unconventional childhood, Huck has received almost no education. At the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom and Huck recover a treasure worth thousands of dollars, which is invested on their behalf; Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglas, who enrolls him in school in return for his saving her life. In the course of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, he learns enough to be literate and reads books for entertainment. His knowledge of history as related to Jim is inaccurate but it is not specified if he is being wrong on purpose or as a joke on Jim.

In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the Widow attempts to "sivilize" [sic] the newly wealthy Huck. Huck's father takes him from her, but Huck manages to fake his own death and escape to Jackson's Island, where he coincidentally meets up with Jim, a slave who was owned by the Widow Douglas's sister, Miss Watson.

Jim is running away because he overheard Miss Watson planning to "sell him South" for eight hundred dollars. Jim wants to escape to Cairo, Illinois, where he can find work to eventually buy his family's freedom. Huck and Jim take a raft down the Mississippi River, planning to head north on the Ohio River, in hopes of finding freedom from slavery for Jim and freedom from Pap for Huck. Their adventures together, along with Huck's solo adventures, comprise the core of the book.

In the end, however, Jim gains his freedom through Miss Watson's death, as she freed him in her will. Pap, it is revealed, has died in Huck's absence, and although he could safely return to St. Peters-burg, Huck plans to flee west to Indian Territory.

In Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective, the sequels to Huck Finn, however, Huck is living in St. Petersburg again after the events of his eponymous novel. In Abroad, Huck joins Tom and Jim for a wild, fanciful balloon ride that takes them overseas. In Detective, which occurs about a year after the events of Huck Finn, Huck helps Tom solve a murder mystery.

Relationships edit

Huck is Tom Sawyer's closest friend. Their friendship is partially rooted in Sawyer's emulation of Huck's freedom and ability to do what he wants, like swearing and smoking when he feels like it. In one moment in the novel, he openly brags to his teacher that he was late for school because he stopped to talk with Huck Finn and enjoyed it, something for which he knew he would (and did) receive a whipping. Nonetheless, Tom remains a devoted friend to Huck in all of the novels they appear in. In Huckleberry Finn, it's revealed that Huck also considers Tom to be his best friend. At various times in the novel, Huck mentions that Tom would put more "style" in Jim and his adventure.

Jim, a runaway slave whom Huck befriends, is another dominant force in Huck's life. He is the symbol for the moral awakening Huck undergoes throughout Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This is seen when Huck considers sending a letter to Ms. Watson telling her where Jim is but ultimately chooses to rip it up despite the idea in the south that one who tries helping a slave escape will be sent to eternal punishment.

Pap Finn is Huck's abusive, drunken father who shows up at the beginning of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and forcibly takes his son to live with him. Pap's only method of parenting is physical abuse. Although he seems derisive of education and civilized living, Pap seems to be jealous of Huck and is infuriated that his son would try to amount to more, and live in better conditions than he did. Despite this, early in the novel Huck uses his father's method of "borrowing" though he later feels sorry and stops.

Inspiration edit

The character of Huck Finn is based on Tom Blankenship, the real-life son of a sawmill laborer and sometime drunkard named Wood-son Blankenship, who lived in a "ramshackle" house near the Mississippi River behind the house where the author grew up in Hannibal, Missouri.[1]

Twain mentions his childhood friend Tom Blankenship as the inspiration for creating Huckleberry Finn in his autobiography: "In Huckleberry Finn I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was. He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had. His liberties were totally unrestricted. He was the only really independent person—boy or man—in the community, and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and envied by the rest of us. And as his society was forbidden us by our parents the prohibition trebled and quadrupled its value, and therefore we sought and got more of his society than any other boy's." – Mark Twain's Autobiography.

Appearances edit

  1. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)
  2. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)
  3. Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894)
  4. Tom Sawyer, Detective (1896)
  1. Schoolhouse Hill (1898) – unfinished
  2. "Huck Finn" (1898) – unfinished
  3. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians – unfinished
  4. Tom Sawyer's Conspiracy – unfinished
  5. "Tom Sawyer's Gang Plans a Naval Battle" – unfinished

Since Mark Twain's death, Huck Finn has also appeared in a number of novels, plays, comic strips,[2] and stories written by various authors that purport to tell the latter adventures of Huck and his friends. The Mark Twain Museum,[3] CNN[4] and The Times of London[5] have dubbed American canoeist and author Neal Moore "the modern-day Huckleberry Finn.”

Portrayals edit

Actors who have portrayed Huckleberry Finn in films and TV include:

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ (Washington, D.C.) Express, June 6, 2007
  2. ^ Huckleberry Finn by Clare Victor Dwiggins ("Dwig"), distributed by the Ledger Syndicate (1940–1942).
  3. ^ Miserez, Laura (September 22, 2020). "Author Neal Moore is Paddling on Nature's Interstate". The Missourian.
  4. ^ "CNN.com Specials Modern-day Huck Down the Mississippi". CNN. December 16, 2009.
  5. ^ Goddard, Jacqui (December 21, 2021). "Modern-day Huckleberry Finn paddles 7,500 miles across America". The Times.
  • Reich, W; Felton, E; et al. (1988), "A comparison of the home and social environments of children of alcoholic and non-alcoholic parents", British Journal of Addiction, 83 (7): 831–839, doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1988.tb00518.x, PMID 3207941
  • Haber-man, Paul W. (1966), "Childhood symptoms in children of alcoholics and comparison group parents Trial: New Evidence and New Difficulties", Journal of Marriage and the Family, 28 (2): 152–154, doi:10.2307/349271, JSTOR 349271
  • Eiden, R; Edwards, E; et al. (2007), "A conceptual model for the development of externalizing behavior problems among kindergarten children of alcoholic families: role of parenting and children's self regulation", J Mol Biol, 43 (5): 1187–1201, doi:10.1037/0012-1649.43.5.1187, PMC 2720575, PMID 17723044

Further reading edit

  • Duffy, Donald David Jr. (August 1963). "The Moral Codes of the Adolescents of Clemens, Anderson, and Salinger" (PDF). - Master's degree thesis

January 01, 1970
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For other uses see Huckleberry Finn disambiguation Huckleberry Huck Finn is a fictional character created by Mark Twain who first appeared in the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 and is the protagonist and narrator of its sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884 He is 12 to 13 years old during the former and a year older thirteen to fourteen or along there Chapter 17 at the time of the latter Huck also narrates Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer Detective two shorter sequels to the first two books Huckleberry FinnHuckleberry Finn as depicted by E W Kemble in the original 1884 edition of the bookFirst appearanceThe Adventures of Tom SawyerLast appearanceTom Sawyer DetectiveCreated byMark TwainIn universe informationNicknameHuckGenderMaleFamily Pap Finn father Mrs Finn deceased mother Contents 1 Characterization 2 Relationships 3 Inspiration 4 Appearances 5 Portrayals 6 See also 7 References 8 Further readingCharacterization editHuckleberry Huck Finn is the son of the town s vagrant drunkard Pap Finn Sleeping on doorsteps when the weather is fair in empty hogsheads during storms and living off of what he gets from others Huck lives the life of a destitute vagabond The author metaphorically names him the juvenile pariah of the village and describes Huck as idle and lawless and vulgar and bad qualities for which he was admired by all the other children in the village although their mothers cordially hated and dreaded him Huck is an archetypal innocent able to discover the right thing to do despite the prevailing theology and prejudiced mentality of the South of that era An example of this is his decision to help Jim escape slavery even though he believes he will go to Hell for it His appearance is described in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer He wears the clothes of full grown men which he probably received as charity and as Twain describes him he was fluttering with rags He has a torn broken straw hat his trousers are supported with only one suspender and was the first boy who went barefoot in the spring and the last to resume leather in the fall Mark Twain believed that it was tough or manly for young boys to go around barefoot at that time Even Tom Sawyer the St Peters burg hamlet boys leader sees him as the banished Romantic Tom s Aunt Polly calls Huck a poor motherless thing Huck confesses to Tom in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer that he remembers his mother and his parents relentless fighting that stopped only when she died Huck has a carefree life free from societal norms or rules stealing watermelons and chickens and borrowing stealing boats and cigars Due to his unconventional childhood Huck has received almost no education At the end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Tom and Huck recover a treasure worth thousands of dollars which is invested on their behalf Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglas who enrolls him in school in return for his saving her life In the course of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer he learns enough to be literate and reads books for entertainment His knowledge of history as related to Jim is inaccurate but it is not specified if he is being wrong on purpose or as a joke on Jim In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the Widow attempts to sivilize sic the newly wealthy Huck Huck s father takes him from her but Huck manages to fake his own death and escape to Jackson s Island where he coincidentally meets up with Jim a slave who was owned by the Widow Douglas s sister Miss Watson Jim is running away because he overheard Miss Watson planning to sell him South for eight hundred dollars Jim wants to escape to Cairo Illinois where he can find work to eventually buy his family s freedom Huck and Jim take a raft down the Mississippi River planning to head north on the Ohio River in hopes of finding freedom from slavery for Jim and freedom from Pap for Huck Their adventures together along with Huck s solo adventures comprise the core of the book In the end however Jim gains his freedom through Miss Watson s death as she freed him in her will Pap it is revealed has died in Huck s absence and although he could safely return to St Peters burg Huck plans to flee west to Indian Territory In Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer Detective the sequels to Huck Finn however Huck is living in St Petersburg again after the events of his eponymous novel In Abroad Huck joins Tom and Jim for a wild fanciful balloon ride that takes them overseas In Detective which occurs about a year after the events of Huck Finn Huck helps Tom solve a murder mystery Relationships editHuck is Tom Sawyer s closest friend Their friendship is partially rooted in Sawyer s emulation of Huck s freedom and ability to do what he wants like swearing and smoking when he feels like it In one moment in the novel he openly brags to his teacher that he was late for school because he stopped to talk with Huck Finn and enjoyed it something for which he knew he would and did receive a whipping Nonetheless Tom remains a devoted friend to Huck in all of the novels they appear in In Huckleberry Finn it s revealed that Huck also considers Tom to be his best friend At various times in the novel Huck mentions that Tom would put more style in Jim and his adventure Jim a runaway slave whom Huck befriends is another dominant force in Huck s life He is the symbol for the moral awakening Huck undergoes throughout Adventures of Huckleberry Finn This is seen when Huck considers sending a letter to Ms Watson telling her where Jim is but ultimately chooses to rip it up despite the idea in the south that one who tries helping a slave escape will be sent to eternal punishment Pap Finn is Huck s abusive drunken father who shows up at the beginning of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and forcibly takes his son to live with him Pap s only method of parenting is physical abuse Although he seems derisive of education and civilized living Pap seems to be jealous of Huck and is infuriated that his son would try to amount to more and live in better conditions than he did Despite this early in the novel Huck uses his father s method of borrowing though he later feels sorry and stops Inspiration editThe character of Huck Finn is based on Tom Blankenship the real life son of a sawmill laborer and sometime drunkard named Wood son Blankenship who lived in a ramshackle house near the Mississippi River behind the house where the author grew up in Hannibal Missouri 1 Twain mentions his childhood friend Tom Blankenship as the inspiration for creating Huckleberry Finn in his autobiography In Huckleberry Finn I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was He was ignorant unwashed insufficiently fed but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had His liberties were totally unrestricted He was the only really independent person boy or man in the community and by consequence he was tranquilly and continuously happy and envied by the rest of us And as his society was forbidden us by our parents the prohibition trebled and quadrupled its value and therefore we sought and got more of his society than any other boy s Mark Twain s Autobiography Appearances editThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1884 Tom Sawyer Abroad 1894 Tom Sawyer Detective 1896 Schoolhouse Hill 1898 unfinished Huck Finn 1898 unfinished Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer among the Indians unfinished Tom Sawyer s Conspiracy unfinished Tom Sawyer s Gang Plans a Naval Battle unfinished Since Mark Twain s death Huck Finn has also appeared in a number of novels plays comic strips 2 and stories written by various authors that purport to tell the latter adventures of Huck and his friends The Mark Twain Museum 3 CNN 4 and The Times of London 5 have dubbed American canoeist and author Neal Moore the modern day Huckleberry Finn Portrayals editActors who have portrayed Huckleberry Finn in films and TV include Robert Gordon 1917 Lewis Sargent 1920 Junior Durkin 1930 and 1931 Jackie Moran 1938 Donald O Connor 1938 Mickey Rooney 1939 Gene Holland 1944 Eddie Hodges 1960 Michael Shea 1968 1969 in the TV series The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Marc di Napoli 1968 in the French German TV series Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer Tom Sawyers und Huckleberry Finns Abenteuer Roman Madyanov 1973 in Hopelessly Lost Jeff East 1973 and 1974 Ron Howard 1975 Steve Stark 1979 Ian Tracey 1979 1980 in the TV series Huckleberry Finn and His Friends Gary Krug 1985 in The Adventures of Mark Twain Mitchell Anderson 1990 in Back to Hannibal The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn Elijah Wood 1993 Brad Renfro 1995 Mark Wills 2000 voice Leon Seidel 2011 in a German version of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2012 in a German version of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Jake T Austin 2013 Kyle Gallner 2015 See also editMark Twain Tom SawyerReferences edit Washington D C Express June 6 2007 Huckleberry Finn by Clare Victor Dwiggins Dwig distributed by the Ledger Syndicate 1940 1942 Miserez Laura September 22 2020 Author Neal Moore is Paddling on Nature s Interstate The Missourian CNN com Specials Modern day Huck Down the Mississippi CNN December 16 2009 Goddard Jacqui December 21 2021 Modern day Huckleberry Finn paddles 7 500 miles across America The Times Reich W Felton E et al 1988 A comparison of the home and social environments of children of alcoholic and non alcoholic parents British Journal of Addiction 83 7 831 839 doi 10 1111 j 1360 0443 1988 tb00518 x PMID 3207941 Haber man Paul W 1966 Childhood symptoms in children of alcoholics and comparison group parents Trial New Evidence and New Difficulties Journal of Marriage and the Family 28 2 152 154 doi 10 2307 349271 JSTOR 349271 Eiden R Edwards E et al 2007 A conceptual model for the development of externalizing behavior problems among kindergarten children of alcoholic families role of parenting and children s self regulation J Mol Biol 43 5 1187 1201 doi 10 1037 0012 1649 43 5 1187 PMC 2720575 PMID 17723044Further reading 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