Huck has been in many environments in the story. He seems to be able to adapt well to the many situations that he as been placed in. One of his environments is him living with his drunken father Pap. On pg. 41 it reads, "He chased me round and round the place with a claspknife.... Huck shows his adaptability in this situation. He is able to out run his father to save his life. This ability says Huck's life for that time. He than learns from his fathers attempt to kill him, and is ready to strike back with the gun that he has waiting when his father awakens.
Huck's travels are different than the journey of Odysseus in the Odyssey. Huck seems to spend more time with the characters that he encounters. These encounters than help him adapt to different situation that are to com in the future. In addition Huck also seems to be connect to the people he encounters. Odysseus in the Odyssey didnt spend much time on the islands he visits. He also didnt seem to connected with the characters that he meets. Odysseus is basically trying to get home, while Huck is learning different things as he meets characters.
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I feel that you misunderstood what adapting to an environment means. Adapting to an environment and adapting to a situation are two very different things. I feel like your example did not prove the point that you were trying to prove. Huck was being chased by his father who was trying to kill him, that's a situation. An example of Huck adapting to his environment would be him changing to when he was living with the widows. Hucks grammar improved, he didn't curse anymore, and he learned to live with what he had.
Also, I don't think that Huck's travels are very different from the journey of Odysseus. Your point about Huck spending more time with the other characters doesn't make sense. Huck only spends time with his father or the widows because he is forced to stay with them. Odysseus was put in a situation like Huck's, he was forced to stay with Calipso. The other islands that Odysseus stays at, he stays there by choice. It isn't Huck's choice to stay where he stays, until he leaves his father. And there are other similarities, they both travel via water. The only major difference was that Huck is running away from his family, and Odysseus is running to his family.
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