An Amazing Character

I think that Huck is an amazing character. He stayed with Miss Watson and the widow as long as he could, even though he was surrounded by rules he despised such as not being able to smoke and being forced to pray and learn everyday. He was also surrounded by people who in his eyes were stupid, especially Miss Watson. Miss Watson told Huck that if he prayed for something he would get it. When Huck didn’t get what he wanted after praying and questioned Miss Watson about it, she simply waved him away, labeling him as being hopeless. I wonder how Miss Watson expected Huck to accept religion if she didn’t even explain to Huck why his praying didn’t work the way he thought it would. Huck also had $6,000 dollars and was known to be a rich boy, but he immediately gave Judge Thatcher all of his money when he found out that his father (Pap) was in town. Huck knew that his father would be after his money sooner or later, and he didn’t even think of taking just a little money to hide somewhere, and he didn’t ask Judge Thatcher to save his money either. He just gave his money away, without worrying about how he would survive without the money or what would happen to him from that point on.

When Huck was taken by his father to a small cabin deep in the woods, Huck became very resourceful and in just three days of scrounging around the cabin looking for a way to escape his father and runaway, he found a rusty saw and used it to create a hole in the cabin. I think that Huck is not only resourceful but also extremely bright and patient. Most people in Huck’s scenario would make a huge mess while trying to escape and would probably fail and be severely punished for what they attempted to do. However, Huck was able to cover his tracks. When Huck realized he would not be able to cut a hole through the cabin on his first day trying, he accepted it and cleaned up the mess he made and covered the hole he created. He also waited until he was 100% sure that it was safe to continue to saw a hole through the cabin. Even more amazing, when Huck did finally escape and made it to Jackson’s Island, he was aware of the fact that he could not make a fire even though he was hungry because people who would be looking for his carcass would see the smoke from the fire and catch him. So Huck waited until a loaf of bread that was thrown into the river by a person searching for him was close enough to grab a hold of and eat. Huck is a very resourceful person who has managed to overcome many obstacles that many people would simply give up on when faced with them.
posted by Noah A.