Pap ranks among the most reviled characters in American Literature. Certainly, the fact that he abuses and abandons his son, Huckleberry, in Mark Twain's classic novel "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" makes him an appropriate target of hatred. But didn't Mark Twain believe that everyone has a "good spot" inside of them? So, if that's true-for everyone-how can we reconcile the author's philosophy with his seemingly damnable character, Pap? The answer lies beneath the surface of "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." This book fishes out that answer. Whenever appropriate, "Pap" attempts to stay true...
Pap ranks among the most reviled characters in American Literature. Certainly, the fact that he abuses and abandons his son, Huckleberry, in Mark Twai...