Huckleberry Finn
In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck goes through some changes. He is put into situation that force him to make adult decisions. Huck Finn grows up in this novel and the maturing process can be narrowed down to three specific topics: his battle between freedom and civilization, greed, and his own morality.
To begin, Huck is in a constant fight with himself about whether or not he should be ‘right’ and civilized. He starts off with most of his childhood taken away from him. Pap, which is Huck’s father, is a drunk and has beaten him since his mother died. “...I'll give you a cowhide.”(20) Pap says when he finds out his son has been going to school. The Widow Douglas is a woman who likes to help people. She picks Huck up and tries to make him
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He was raised in a time where slavery was accepted and a runaway slave is worthy of punishment. He contemplates turning Jim in many times, stating “...all in a sweat I was ready to tell on him”(89) on one of his trips to land while Jim is back on the raft. Each time he decided against is despite his upbringing. Huck even goes as far as writing a letter to Miss Watson telling her where Jim is just so he could pray. He rips up the paper and says “All right then, I'll go toh ell.”(214). This shows a great deal of maturity. Lastly, before Huck finds out that Jim has been set free is Miss Watson’s will, he plans to break Jim out of a cabin he was put in because he was a runaway. Huck knew it wasn't right for all of their efforts to go to waste and the severity of the situation set in. Huck got to the point where Jim meant more than what society said was the “right” thing to do.
Huckleberry Finn grew up in this book. He became a man gradually throughout the novel. Huck makes good choices that put him into scenarios that can't help but mature him. His experiences with freedom vs. civilization, greed, and morality made him wiser which will benefit him