There are numerous acts of violence throughout Huck Finn. There are several violent scenes that stood out to me: Huck’s father’s attempt to kill Huck after drinking so much, Buck getting shot during the family feud, Boggs’ murder, and the town’s reaction to kill “the duke and the king” for fraud. Everywhere Huck goes, violence seems to be present; he can’t run away from it.
The only scene that lacks violence is when Huck and Jim are on the raft. When it’s just them, it’s peace and laughter but violence always seems to catch up to them. But every time Huck and Jim runs into trouble or violence, they are able to overcome it whether they did the “right” thing or not.
Huck struggles throughout the novel about if he’s done the “right thing.” But every time he makes his decision, you can see he’s growing as a character. The various acts of violence in the novel have become the norm for Huck and it’s him that has to decide “whichever come handiest at the time.” (pg. 104)
Huck and Jim run away from their town, their home, civilization, slavery, and also violence. Sometime people say the younger are capable of seeing through the truth. Huck can not only see it, but also have the brave to get rid of it.