oncerned, especially when
             he meets Mary Jane and grieves with her family about the death of Peter Wilks. However, half of
             the reason he was being so caring was because he saw an opportunity to receive a large amount of
             money, so he pretended to be a family member of Peter Wilks. 2. One of the first minor characters
             that had a big influence on Huck was his father, pap. Pap was one of the major reasons Huck had
             ran away, mainly because pap was very aggressive. As for his appearance, Huck described him as
             being unclean and dressed in rags. Pap was also an alcoholic and was very controlling over Huck,
             especially when money had come into place. The first encounter that Huc
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