Pop in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

             Huck’s father has long, tangled, greasy hair. His eyes are shining through as though he was behind vines. His whiskers were long and mixed-up. And his white face makes a body sick. In a word, he looks strange and creepy. And his action is even creepier than his appearance.

             Pop suddenly comes to Huck because he heard that Huck got rich. And Pop gets really upset about Huck getting an education and forces Huck not to learn. He curses Huck and asks him for money. He even has recourse to law to take Huck and his money. He hits Hick several times because he does not quit going to school. Huck’s father takes Huck and starts living in the wild with him. He often gets drunk and hits Huck, and he swears at Huck or hits him. He even tries to kill Huck, so Huck escapes from him.

             It is ironic that Huck’s “father” took him from the widow who taught Huck and tried to raise him right. Even after Huck escapes from his father, Pop only asks the judge for Huck’s money to buy drink. This is ridiculous that to him, a bottle of whiskey is as valuable as his son or even more valuable! What is more, as a father, he should help him learn. But he is very violent and authoritarian to Huck because Huck wears good clothes and learns manners and how to read. In this story, he presents the worst father figure.