nn. "I was scared. I made up my mind I would fix up some way to leave here."17 Huck couldn't take it anymore, he decided to become independent and take care of himself. The beatings also made him realize that he needed to take charge of his own life. "If he never learned nothing else out of Pap, he learned that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way."18 Huck learned how to deal with Pap and not let him get to him, and damage his self esteem. Huck also became mature and learned how to take care of himself. Going through constant abuse is bad but sometimes can have a positive affect on a person.Pap's abuse on Huck affects him both mentally and physically. He influenced Huck's life with many damaging affects. Most of the abuse that Pap gave to Huck left Huck with a negative affect. The constant beatings and verbal abuse made Huck lonely and depressed. Although most of the time abuse leaves negative affects, the abuse did leave some positive affects too. The abusive childhood brought a positive side to Huck's way of thinking and way of life. Child abuse is a terrible thing to go through but can have both positive and negative affects on a child....
