Narrative Voices In Huck Finn

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It is apparent Huck is more familar with busted chairs
than sound ones, and he appreciates the distinction.
Huck is also more familar with flawed families than loving,
virtuous ones, and he is happy to sing the praises of the people who
took him in. Col. Grangerford "was a gentleman all over; and so was
his family"(116). The Colonel was kind, well-mannered, quiet and far
from frivolish. Everyone wanted to be around him, and he gave Huck
confidence. Unlike the drunken Pap, the Colonel dressed well, was
clean-shaven and his face had "not a sign of red in it anywheres"
(116). Huck admired how the Colonel gently ruled his family with
hints of a submerged temper. The same temper exists in one of his
daughters: "she had a look that would make you wilt in your tracks,
like her father. She was beautiful"(117). Huck does not think
negatively of the hints of iron in the people he is happy to care for
and let care for him. He does ...

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pokes fun at the young dead daughter Huck is so drawn
to. Twain mocks Emmeline as an amateur writer: "She warn't
particular, she could write about anything you choose to give her to
write about, just so it was sadful"(114). Yet Twain allows the images
of Emmeline and the silly clock to deepen in meaning as the chapter
progresses. Emmeline is realized as an early portent of the
destruction of Huck's adopted family. The mantel clock was admired by
Huck not only for its beauty, but because the Grangerfords properly
valued beauty and "wouldn't took any money for her"(111). Huck
admired the Grangerfords' principles, and the stake they placed in
good ...

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