As Huck was growing up, he had to overcome many obstacles. His mother died when he was at a young age, and his father brutally beat him as well. Because his father was a drunk and was hardly ever around, Huck had no choice but to learn to survive own his own. While Huck's father would be gone for days and days at a time, he would lock Huck three miles down the river until he returned. Later on in Huck's life, a lady by the name of the Widow Douglas decided she would take him in and in her own words "civilize" him. Huck did not like the regular, staid ways of the widow. Although she was kind and attentive, Huck still felt uncomfortable and stifled at her house. At one point when Huck's father returned, he had heard about Huck receiving $ 6,000 dollars and wanted it from...