How does Huck's Relationship with Pap compare/connect to Huck's relationship with Jim?

Huck Finn's relationship with his very own father Pap and the runaway slave Jim have extreme differences in my opinion. Twain inclues both Pap and Jim as major characters throughout the story, that Huck encounters during his quest for adventure and evasion from the grasps of conforming society.

Pap is the father of Huckleberry Finn, in the novel . Huck's father is a middle-aged man who although briefly appears in the novel, greatly affects Huck, and how the entire novel is played out. Twain describes him as a snake-like character. "He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greast, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines...ther werent no color in his face...it was whie...a white to make a body sick." Pap is a very conservative southern man who imposes his beliefs strongly on his son Huck. We learn of his several political stances throughout his appearance and how they affect the way Huck lives out his life. He admires his father, although his father is a cruel drunkard. Huck shows a sign of pity and remorse to Pap, and he always seems to forgive him, even under the worst circumstances. This portrays Huck's compassion to another human. In the novel, Pap represents the freedom that Huck lacks in his life, as Huck is restrained by society. However, the major aspect of their relationship lies within the fact that Pap does not represent a father character in which children should look up to, and later on Jim's relationship with Huck makes Pap's sad attempts at fatherhood complete in a just manner.

Jim on the other hand, seems to make up for Pap's mistakes and ultimate departure from the world (floating house), as he comes into the story to represent a more-than-friend figure, and possible even a fatherly one. Throughout their journey, all the two grow fond of each other, and grow to depend and look after each other. In various life on the river scenarios, we see Jim looking after Huck by taking up his shifts in watching the raft while the other sleeps. Also, throughout various times that the two become seperated and reunited, the two break down into tears and hug each other. We do not see Huck missing his father in such a way. In the beginning of the novel, Jim is depicted as simple and trusting, to the point of gullibility. These qualities are not altered during the course of the novel; instead, they are fleshed out and prove to be positives instead of negatives. Jim’s simple nature becomes common sense, and he constantly chooses the right path for him and Huck to follow. For example, when Huck and Jim are on Jackson’s Island, Jim observes the nervous actions of birds and predicts that it will rain. Jim’s prediction comes true as a huge storm comes upon the island. The moment is an important one, for it establishes Jim as an authority figure and readers recognize his experience and intelligence. Jim’s insight is also revealed when he recognizes the duke and the king to be frauds. Like Huck, Jim realizes he cannot stop the con men from controlling the raft, but he tells Huck that “I doan’ hanker for no mo’ un um, Huck. Dese is all I kin stan’.” As we compare Jim and Pap, Jim definitely comes out on top as the relationship with the most positive results.