Examples Of Huck Mature In Huckleberry Finn

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In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author Mark Twain gets his message across by showing how in the beginning and the end Huck matures throughout the story.He shows us they way Huck speaks about Jim from when he first meet him to the end.Lastly, Mark touches on the hypocrisy of the society of that time. Huck matures from the beginning of the novel to the end. One example is in the beginning when "I got out amongst the driftwood, and then laid down in the bottom of the canoe and let her float" page (35) Huck matures in this scene by getting the courage to escape his father who was always abusive to him he never did before because he was always scared to do so .Huck speaks about Jim in the beginning negatively because of the color of his skin, but as the story goes on he realizes that they are the same but he can't admit that because of how in that time people viewed people of color, but he still tries to help him because deep down we know that …show more content…

There are so many examples to prove that he isn't the same boy he was in the beginning.Some examples are Huck becoming more open-minded because he is a child, which allows him to develop and mature, as well as Huck’s experiences in the society help lead to his maturity.A scene that can represent his maturity is Huck doing pranks on Jim and not stopping to think if Jim appreciated those things. Every time he did this Jim would guilt tip him making Huck feel bad for what he did. So he promised he would never do those things again. One of the last scene that we see Hucks maturation is when Tom Sawyer is in danger "Laws knows I wanted to go bad enough to see about Tom and was all intending to go; but after that, I wouldn't 'a' went, not for kingdoms." page (283).Aunt Sally tells Huck not to go and he actually listens and cares what others have to say even though he wants to do the opposite.Now, Huck understands that his actions impact