Huck Finn Post 1

After reading the first ten chapters of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain I perceive the main character Huck Finn as a free-spirit. He does not like to be committed or tied down to a strict way of life. It seems as if whenever he does get accustomed to something in his life he becomes bored and finds a different way to live. For example, when Huck Finn was taken by his father to the woods he began to forget about the way of life with the Widow Douglas and begins to take to this new way. As he quickly loses civility he begins to enjoy freedom found while living in the woods. Huck describes how he feels by saying, "Two months or more run along, and my clothes got to be all rags and dirt, and I didn't see how I'd ever got to like it so well at the widow's..."(Twain 32). Huck realized he did not like all the restrictions at the widow's house and became comfortable living in the woods. However after awhile Huck became unsatisfied with living with his father, and once again moved on to live on his own. Huck lives in the moment and does not like to have any limitations in his life.

Another impression that I get of Huck after reading these chapters is that he will follow Tom Sawyers word. Although Huck prefers to live independently, he does not think independenlty from Tom. From the first few chapters one can tell that Huck looks up to Tom as his role model. He idolizes Tom's ideas and follows his lead. He agree's to join a band of robbers called Tom Sawyer's Gang and follow rules created by Tom because he respects Tom's ideas. Huck shows his dedication to Tom in Chapter one when he says, "I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said not by a considerable sight. I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me to be together" (Twain 13). Huck is saying that he wants to go to Hell with Tom. He thinks fondly of Tom and respect him almost as if he were a brother to Huck.