Family is the most important influence in a child's life. A child's first memory is of their family and they expect their family to provide for and protect them. The first relationship a child ever has is with their family members, so it is crucial that those relationships are healthy and positive. Children thrive when family members encourage their growth and development by pushing them to achieve their goals. When making decisions, the family can influence their children enough to weigh on their conscience and make the right decisions. For better or worse, families pass on their traditions and values ​​to their children, whether they know it or not. Children who grow up in a negative environment are less likely to overcome that negativity and make their own way in the world, just like the main character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the beginning of the novel Twain makes Pap, Huck's father, look like the Town Dad enters the story as a complete mess, with skin as pale as a ghost, wearing shabby clothes and in desperate need of money. He will do anything to get more whiskey, including lying, stealing and abusing his power as a father. Throughout the novel Pap physically and emotionally abuses Huck. For example, he mocks Huck trying to educate himself or anyone with an education, especially black people. Pap is so outraged that a black person is educated, well dressed, and allowed to participate in the political process that he simply refuses to vote. He goes so far as to say, “And what do you think? They said he was a professor at a college, and