Mark Twain writes his book Huckleberry Finn about a young free-willed, courageous boy who is living in a time when slavery is very legal. Huck Finn lives with two ladies named Widow Douglas and miss Watson, who are sisters. They try to educate Huck on many topics and they focus mainly on trying to civilize Huck. Huck is living with Miss Watson and Widow Douglas because his father “Pap” is an alcoholic and abusive father. The only reason why he still “keeps in touch” with Huck is because he wants his money. There are many parts in this story where Huck matures very much. This was a very big coming of age story for Huck and Jim too in my opinion. One big way that Huck shows that he is maturing is when Pap had kidnapped him and taken him to an abandoned cabin in the woods. Pap kidnapped him because Huck won’t give him the $6000 dollars he had …show more content…
Huck normally would be very scared of being beat by his father, but Huck mans up and ends up escaping to a canoe in the river and as Huck said in the book “I got out amongst the driftwood, and then laid down in the bottom of the canoe and let her float.” He is letting the canoe lead him on a new journey. He does not have a set route or a purpose for getting lost, he is just letting the canoe bring him to wherever it ends up. Another way Huck shows that he is maturing is a couple scenes after this one. As you know Huck and Jim meet up on an island called Jackson’s Island. Jim is a runaway slave who worked for Widow Douglas, the same house that Huck lived at, so they were familiar with each other. After a huge storm hits, Huck and Jim