Huck Finn Responding and Reflecting

Text : Huckleberry Finn by William Faulkner.

Critical Lens : Psychoanalytical

In the novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" a young boy, who had a lot of money was taken away by his drunken father, because of his greed. He tries many ways to get the money from him, but Huck planned in advance and actually "gave away" his money before hand. Then later on he becomes used to living with his father where he actually starts to question whether or not he wants to return to home, where there were rules and school. He then fakes his own death and decides to go on his own adventure so he does not have to go back to the Widow or his father. Along the way he finds the widow's old slave Jim and they bond and decide to continue the adventure together. Throughout Huck shows many different sides of himself, some that are actually surprising to watch. In certain parts he has to find a way to stir up some courage, such as using Tom Sawyer as an excuse while in others like helping a "runaway" slave he feels completely fine and even goes as far as dressing like a girl to find out what is going on in town. Throughout the novel Huck keeps finding different people to play the role of, some where he is helping the local con artists and some where he actually pretends to be Tom Sawyer so he can try to help Jim escape. I think this look for many different people shows that he is still trying to develop his own character and cannot decide which path he wants to go on. This is because Huck is still in the developing mindset where he likes to "try on" different personalities until he finds the one that fits best. I think through this Twain is trying to send the message that it is ok to not be sure of who you are as long as you are still helping others along the way. Also it is showing that even if you're not sure of something you should just go out and try it, because you'll most likely get an adventure out of it in the end.