Event+from+the+novel+(Huck+running+away)

Current Event In the first chapter of the book, Huck was taken in by a Widow named Douglas. In his life before he met the Widow Douglas, he had pretty much fended for himself, and he was considered to be uncivilized. Now, when he was taken in and being cared for by the Widow Douglas, she wanted to civilize him. Huck did not like being civilized, so he packed up his things and ran away, as shown by this quote. "The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would civilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it any longer, I lit out" (Pg 3). Now Huck in this situation is just running away from his problems. This is probably due to the fact that he hasn’t really had fatherly and motherly figures for most of his life. He had never been taught to stand up for himself and to confront his problems, instead he ran from his problems. As soon as a motherly figure started to try and help him, he refused the help and just ran away from it. It did not even cross his mind to try and confront her about it. Running away from his problems was just easier and confrontation would not be an issue. As in this incidence and through out the rest of the book it is seen how Huck finds it easier to run from his problems and avoid confrontation.

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