How Does Huck Mature

He has a heart and feelings. He is not cold and impersonal. When he looks at a situation he takes the person and/or event into account. It’s like not having a one size fits all mentality as in a lot of our laws and punishments today. (Novak, pg. 221)

In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, the main character Huck grows with his morals and maturity throughout the book. Huck Finn was a thirteen year old boy with a deadbeat drunk dad. Huck lived with his adoptive mother Widow Douglas, his care taker Miss. Watson, and her slave Jim. Huck shows a growth of maturity when he fakes his death to escape his father, when he helps Jim escape, and when he stands up to the king and duke. Throughout their adventure Huck Finn exemplifies a major growth of maturity and a deeper understanding of his morals.

Mark Twain wrote the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. At the beginning of the novel, Huck Finn is an immature thirteen year old boy. He goes south on a river with a runaway slave, Jim, trying to leave his old life behind. During the course of the novel, Huck meets many different people who teach him very valuable lessons. Throughout the novel, Huck has changed in several different ways. There are many things that he obtained from these people that will help Huck build the foundation of the person that he will become. He learns what true friendship is, how dependable, and how to be honest.

He is looked upon in a heroic way for fighting the justice system and showing courage, strength and ability to resist laws through making his own lifestyle, with separate beliefs, attitudes and values. He was a friend of the poor, kind to women and children, and an enemy of the rich. He was forced into crime by the harsh harassments of the authorities. He said to have died bravely against the more powerful forces of the law. He has grown to be an admired infamous figure for the way he stood up to authority and his larrikin ways.

In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the main character Huck matures throughout the book due to a sense of growing morality and accepting responsibility for his actions. The character of Huckleberry Finn is introduced to the reader as a lower class, uneducated kid with no manners that is influenced by a greedy society. As the novel progresses Huck into a wonderful, strong character that has dug deep into what it means to be an individual, and by becoming mature, he has also escaped from the negative way society depicts African Americans.

A true father does whatever he can to assure stability to his family, and to ensure the well being and safety of his children. Due to his drunkenness Pap is unable to provide these attributes to his son, he endangers his sons life as he repeatedly beats him with no remorse, and is consistently in and out of Huck's life causing instability and uncertainty in his life and even though "...he's got a father, but you can't never find him these days. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more.” Pap disappears for months on end leaving Huck to fend for himself with the little support from Miss Watson. Pap proves to be unsuitable to care for his son, as he cannot compose himself, but rather spend his time drinking. Pap also disapproves of Huck receiving an education and even accuses him of having a pompous attitude because of this. He tells him, "You're educated, too, they say- can read and write. You think you're better'n your father, now, don't you, because he can't? I'll take it out of you...and if I catch you about that school I’ll tan you good” (Twain 19-20). Pap does not seem to care for his son as he even tries to minimize Huck for wanting to have a proper education. Pap is no father to Huck for he wishes nothing but the worst for his son's life. If Pap were a real father to Huck he would encourage him to stay in school so he can become a

His main heroic qualities is his individual thinking. In his society, thinking against the norm is a crime. To me, his ability to not care and think and believe his own way takes courage. He is not using his thinking for himself or personal gain, but for the greater good of Oceania. He thinks the way his society lives could cause them danger, and he wants to fix it. To me that is a good heroic quality because he does not worry about himself, but Oceania as a whole, and that is admirable.

I says to myself, there ain't no telling but I might come to be a murderer myself yet, and then how would I like it?”(111) Even though Huck does have to lie to the watchman a bit, it shows that he cares enough to save the lives of the people on the

He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me; though I used to take to the woods most of the time when he was around” (11). Pap teaches Huck that he is worthless, which causes him to believe that the others are worthless. Huck made decisions

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain explores the ideas of growth and maturity as shown through Huck’s realization of Jim’s humanity, his choice choosing to steal the money from the Duke and King, and finally, his decision to help Jim become a free man. One example of growth and maturity in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was Huck's gradual realization that Jim was a human being and his growing sympathy towards him. Huck states, “ I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks do for their’n”(Twain 155). Huck deals with constant inner conflict during his many adventures. He is pressured by society’s view on slavery, influencing Huck to turn in Jim and force him back into bondage.

After they get away Huck starts to feel that he should go back and help because he knows that they will die if not helped. “ I begun to think how dreadful it was, even for murderers, to be in such a fix. I says to myself, there ain’t no telling but I might come to be a murderer myself yet and then how would I like it? (58). This is the first time Huck even thinks of questioning himself on what he does to others and the different effects that could happen.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is the portrayal of the moral growth of Huckleberry Finn. He is first introduced as a young boy who is having a hard time accepting the common living practices of his community. When his Pap returns and kidnaps him, he reminisces on his old lifestyle of disconcernament, and believes this is the way he wants to live, but not with Pap. After escaping his father’s custody, Huck finds himself on Jackson Island where he unexpectedly meets up with Jim, a now escaped slave he used to know. The two start down the Mississippi River, both in search of independency and freedom, but eventually come to find comfort in each other's companionship.

It bothers Huck's pap since he believes Huck is trying to act superior to him. Moreover, Pap kidnaps and locks him up in a “cabin” in the forest. Frustrated with the situation, Huck fakes his own death in paps eyes. Huck slaughters a pig and spreads his blood. Huck, constantly abused by his father for the money, escapes to an unknown destination.

While Pap may have been Huck’s father by blood, he did none of the things that would even remotely make him a “real” father. From Pap, Huck learned nothing but about how immoral and vicious humans can be. Every time Pap is drunk, he terrorizes Huck, so much to the point that Pap’s drunkenness

But what makes him so special. He has many defining character traits that makes him a hero.