Erick Quintero
Mr. Tanig
English 2 Pre-AP
17 May 2016
Growing up Early
Growing up is all Huck has experienced, while on his adventures not many young people mature in the way he has so early in life. His experiences that made him mature vary in many ways, to befriending a slave and enduring the abuse of a father and also to meeting con artists that are very deceitful. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn have truly been an adventure, especially towards maturity.
Jim had a major influence on Huck growing up. As a white boy growing up in The South, kids were taught that slaves were property and that they are inferior, but Huck realized that Jim is as human as anyone else. After Huck tricked Jim on the raft, Huck said to himself “Work myself up
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When Huck, the Duke, and Dauphin were at the Wilk’s house, Huck said “ this is another one that I’m letting him rob her of her money… I felt so ornery and low down and mean.” (Twain 206) Huck regretted letting the Duke and Dauphin scam people and he noticed how wrong it was. His conscience grew and he starts to show the morals that he has never shown. Also whenever Tom Sawyer told Huck that the Duke and the Dauphin had been tarred and feathered, Huck said “ It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be cruel to one another.” (Twain 269) Huck sees the wrong in what people do and not a lot of kids his age think about the world like he does, and that’s a big step in him growing up.
Throughout the book, Huck’s maturity has never retrogressed, it’s only been molding him into a child with the mindset and morals of an adult. He has faced very difficult encounters that are uncommon for him to go through. Huck formed a strong bond with a slave which opened his eyes about every person, he lived without a good father, and lived side by side in the lives of con artists. It is safe to say that Huckleberry Finn has transformed from a kid thinking that it is fun to play jokes all the time on people, to a kid with an adult mentality who has his
Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn begins his adventures immature. As he is released from the clutches of his father and the Widow, he is forced to make decisions on his own and actually becomes quite mature. What's interesting about Huck Finn is that Huck doesn't end up as an enlightened, mature, young lad. He actually matures throughout the story until Tom is reintroduced, at which point he regresses into a state of immaturity. Huck appears only able to mature when there are no authoritative figures looming above him.
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you meet a rebellious young teen named Huck Finn. Huck is not your everyday hero, especially in the beginning of the novel, but slowly through the story his mature, responsible side comes out and he shows that he truly is the epitome of a hero. Huck is forced to make many crucial decisions, which could get him in serious trouble if not get him killed. Huck has natural intelligence, has street smarts, which are helpful along his adventures, and is assertive. Huck has always had to rely on himself to get through things because he is from the lowest levels of white society and his dad is known more or less as the "town drunk."
	Huck with his anti-society attitude, you would presume that he would have no problem in helping Jim. Yet he fights within himself about turning over Jim to the authorities, by this action within Huck shows that he must have feelings that slavery is correct so that the racial bigotry of the time may be seen. This decision for Huck is monumental even though he makes it on the spot. He has in a way decided to turn his back on everything that "home" stands for, this allows us to leave our thought of bigotry behind and begin to see Jim for what he really is a man.
When one is young they must learn from their parents how to behave. A child's parents impose society's unspoken rules in hope that one day their child will inuitivly decerne wrong from right and make decisions based on their own judgment. These moral and ethical decisions will affect one for their entire life. In Mark Twains, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is faced with the decision of choosing to regard all he has been taught to save a friend, or listen and obey the morals that he has been raised with. In making his decision he is able to look at the situation maturely and grow to understand the moral imbalances society has. Hucks' decisions show his integrity and strength as a person to choose what his heart tells him to do, over his head.
Throughout Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck learns a variety of life lessons and improves as a person. Huck goes through a maturing process much different than most, he betters a conscience and begins to feel for humanity versus society. His trip down the river can be seen as a passage into manhood, where his character changes as he can relate with the river and nature.
Jim's character traits are easy to over look because of his seeming ignorance, but in reality Jim possessed some qualities that created a positive influence on Huck. He began by demonstrating to Huck how friends teach friends. His honest compassion also eventually causes Huck to resist the ideas society has placed upon him, and see Jim as an equal-- rather than property that can be owned. Huck knew he was going against society, and of the consequences that he could receive for freeing a slave. "It would get all around, that Huck Finn helped a nigger to get his freedom; and if I was to ever see anybody from that town again, I'd be ready to get down and lick his boots for shame", (269-270). Huck then claims, "All right, then, I'll go to hell…"(272) This shows that Huck was willing to put himself on the line for a slave, because he ceased to view Jim as property and recognized him as a friend. At the beginning of the story Huck would have never done this, but after the many adventures that occur, Jims unconditional love for Huck pierces the shell society placed ar...
If Huck was more mature and less childish, he wouldn't have been playing this so-called joke on Jim. Huck learns that jokes have a limit to them at times and need to be thought out more clearly. & nbsp; When the middle of the novel comes around, Huck begins to distinguish what is right and wrong in life and begins to mature and do the right thing.
In Mark Twain’s book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the character Huck is trying to figure out the struggles of adulthood while also trying to maintain his childlike wonders. Huck experiences many eye opening events, forcing him to grow up and start his adult life at a young age. From having an abusive father, floating down the river with an unlikely friend, and breaking away from society norms, his life was far from childlike dreams. In Twain’s novel, Huck’s experience with honesty, trickery, and perspective help develop the coming of age theme.
Spending time with the King and the Duke, Huck learned about how people can have the heart to deceive each other in the most evilest ways. When Jim get kidnapped and taken away Huck knew it was wrong and it was right to help get him set free. His relationship built with him was ignited by the brotherhood companionship inscribed in his heart, he just needed a person to ignite it. At the end of the novel Jim is set free because of Huck. Huck learns that sometimes don't have to follow the rules of society if you believe in something. Something that gives you divine right to believe it is a morally good thing to do.
Huck Finn exemplifies the epitome of an immature character in the beginning of the novel. Huck exhibits this archetype through his childish acts and ignorance. For example when Huck asked Miss. Watson if he could go smoke a cigarette and Miss. Watson told him about how bad smoking was, Huck’s response was, “They get down on one thing when they don't know nothing about it,” (Twain 2). This exhibits Huck’s stubbornness and ignorance that many children have throughout life. He believes as if whatever he does is right and whatever anyone else says is wrong. Also displaying Huck’s ignorance in a sense that he is not willing to listen to what Miss. Watson has to say about this because she simply does not know as much about them as he does. He believes himself to be more superior and intelligent than her, which in itself displays a sense of immaturity. Another proto...
In Mark Twain’s novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn, like most growing children, has many changes in his personality. Throughout the novel Huck constantly learns new things and, despite a few setbacks, he uses them to mature. Through this maturity, Huck becomes more caring and wise, unlike his blithe and childish personality in the beginning of the the novel. Twain characterizes Huck as any other child by telling us his path to maturity. Huck realizes who he is and what he believes.
Because he is still a child, his thoughts are not yet clouded by the verses of southern slaveholders. Huckleberry was “glad to see [Jim],” (Twain 64) which would be irregular for anyone living in the Deep South. Meeting a slave would not arouse joy in a white person due to the societies corrupt standards. However, Huck Finn is not a run of the mill white boy; he has complex and passionate feelings about black people, especially those he calls friends. Huck is able to possess these feelings because he is “so earnest and truthful with himself” ("Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Narrator Point of View"). In addition to his independence from the standard southerner, Huck has more of a conscious than the town of the Wilks family in it’s entirety. Although “Huck do[es] some questionable things,” ("Huckleberry Finn in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn") he reflects that he is glad that he “hadn’t done the niggers no harm” (Twain 286) by his actions. This simple thought unveils Huck’s deepest condolences for people that are less fortunate. He may be living on a raft, but he is not held accountable by his actions by anyone but himself. As he is already shunned by his family, Huck can see the point of view of slaves with more ease than others. He “can’t stand” (Twain 451) others telling him what to do and therefore is able to relate to the feelings of southern serfs. Huck’s “youthful voice” ("Adventures of
Huck Finn learns from the actions of people around him, what kind of a person he is going to be. He is both part of the society and an outlier of society, and as such he is given the opportunity to make his own decisions about what is right and what is wrong. There are two main groups of characters that help Huck on his journey to moral maturation. The first group consists of Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, and the judge. They portray society and strict adherence to rules laid out by authority. The second group consists of Pap, the King, and the Duke. They represent outliers of society who have chosen to alienate themselves from civilized life and follow no rules. While these characters all extremely important in Huck’s moral development, perhaps the most significant character is Jim, who is both a fatherly figure to Huck as well as his parallel as far as limited power and desire to escape. Even though by the end of the novel, Huck still does not want to be a part of society, he has made a many choices for himself concerning morality. Because Huck is allowed to live a civilized life with the Widow Douglas, he is not alienated like his father, who effectively hates civilization because he cannot be a part of it. He is not treated like a total outsider and does not feel ignorant or left behind. On the other hand, because he does not start out being a true member of the society, he is able to think for himself and dismiss the rules authority figures say are correct. By the end of the novel, Huck is no longer a slave to the rules of authority, nor is he an ignorant outsider who looks out only for himself. This shows Huck’s moral and psychological development, rendering the description of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” as a picaresq...
Jim and Huck’s friendship evolves throughout the novel and Huck changes the way he treats Jim. Huck started off this novel by playing practical jokes on Jim with Tom Sawyer. Huck was taught that there is nothing wrong with mistreating blacks. After journeying down the Mississippi river with Jim Huck knows he can’t always listen to society.
In the beginning, Huckleberry Finn hasn?t fully formed opinions on topics such as slavery. He is quite immature and content to just have ?adventures? with his friends. During his journey on the raft, he learns much more about himself through his dealings with others. He establishes his very own standards of right and wrong. Huck?s most important lessons are learned through Jim. He learns to see Jim as a person rather than as a slave: ?I knowed he was white inside? (263). More than any other character in the book, Jim is a catalyst for Huck?s maturity. Through Jim as well as other people he meets along the way, Huck becomes a more defined person who?s more fully himself. His development through the course of the novel proves The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to be a gradual journey toward growth and maturity.