has no one to talk to, not even his dad, it can lead to depression and then maybe sucicde. "I wont have it. I'll lay for you, my smarty, and if I catch you about that school I'll tan you good."12 When a father threatens to beat up his son for going to school it is a definite sign of child abuse. A father needs to boost up his sons self esteem instead of threatening to beat him up for trying to learn. The continuing and constant abuse on Huck left a negative affect on him. The beatings Huck suffered through the majority of his life left him with a negative affect for years to come. With his father, he could smoke and swear all he wanted and his life would have been good if it had no been for the beatings." 13 The beatings impacted Huck's life very much, it was the worst part of his life. Pap being a poor influence towards Huck, let him do all the wrong things, but when Huck tried to learn he would just abuse him. "Huck is a homeless boy whose only relative is a disreputable father."14 Huck, having no family, led him to have no family values and no one to count on, when he needed help. He had no father like role model for him to look up to and respect, and no one to help him with his problems. The beatings that Huck received will stay with him for the rest of his life.15 It will bring him bad memories and haunt him many years to come. If Huck grows up and has a kid, he might abuse him or her and not even realize it, just doing what his father did to him. Even though there were many negative affects, there were also many positive affects. Having had gone through an abusive childhood it brought a positive affect to Huck, teaching him how to look out for himself and become a better person. "I didn't want to go to school much before, but I reckoned I'd go now to spite Pap."16 The abuse made Huck want to become better educated and a better all around person. He didn't want to grow up and become another disrespected Pap Fi...
