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In the beginning of the novel, Huck talks about his father, and how he was an abusive drunk who wanted nothing more than to get his hands on Huck's money. One night, he climbs into Huck's bedroom through a window, and starts cussing and verbally abusing him, telling him that he should stop going to school and to stop trying to be smarter than him. When Huck continued to attend school, dispite what his father had told him, Huck would be caught on his way to school and would narrowly escape a beating from his father. Huck’s father forces Huck to give him money, and he uses it to buy more alcohol and cause more problems for himself and his son. Eventually Huck is taken away from the town by his father, and is dragged to an old cabin deep in the woods, where no one can find him. Months pass and Huck is beaten, cussed at, and locked in the cabin for days at a time, not knowing when his father will return. Realizing that he cannot continue living like this, Huck manages to get away from his father and his abuse. Unfortunately, Huck is not the only child to experience abuse from a parent. The lack of love and security from his father caused fear and insecurity in Huck, and he was forced to find it elsewhere.