Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Family Quotes Page 1
Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
| Quote #1 The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. (1.3) |
At the outset of the story, the widow is Huck’s primary family. For more on the widow, check out her "Character Analysis."
| Quote #2 Some thought it would be good to kill the FAMILIES of boys that told the secrets. Tom said it was a good idea, so he took a pencil and wrote it in. (2.12) |
The boys’ notions of family provide comic relief.
| Quote #3 "Yes, he's got a father, but you can't never find him these days. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more." (2.13) |
Huck’s estranged father stands in contrast to the widow, demonstrating that blood family isn’t always real family in this novel.
