The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ch 7-11

Chapters 7-11 begin to show the significance of Huck and his father's lack of a relationship. Huck is so desperate to get away from Pap and to not be locked inside his cabin, that he kills a hog and sets up an entire scene to convince Pap and any others that he has been killed so that he can safely leave Paps's cabin. A father and son relationship is important in any young boy's life, to give fatherly guidance and direction, which are two things that Huck's father, Pap, have given him the complete opposite of. Huck's father not only provides Huck with the absence of a father and son relationship,but he actually forms a very negative relationship with Huck and establishes zero trust with him and is constantly putting him down, abusing him, and forcing him to live his life in fear. This lack of relationship between Huck and Pap is significant because it explains many of Huck's personality traits and actions, such as the high level of fondness Huck has towards Jim, Mrs. Watson's run away slave. Huck's dependence on Jim and admiration to Tom Sawyer are the reslut of the absence of any positive male guidance in Huck's life.