Huck's Maturity In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

Maturity is all about taking action on a person’s wise thoughts. Through the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the readers can see Huck matures mostly on his tough, brave adventure. Huck’s adventure matures him showing that the river is a passage to manhood and teaches him many lessons in life. The three major parts where Huck got more mature was when he finally got away from pap, when he decided to help Jim, and when Huck helps the Wilks family.
Huck first expresses his maturing when he finally gets away from pap when faking his own death. Huck had many reason to leave such as Pap being drunk and abusive all the time. Pap was always obsessed with money so he would always hit Huck for a change of getting whatever money the poor kid

might have. Pap also had ways of getting what he wants, this scares Huck into staying. Huck was scared because his dad knew everything so couldn't possibly leave risking pap finding him. Huck was able to leave even with that big fear of being found by his father. Pap could have easily killed Huck if he found him, so having to be scared but be free of Pap is a big decision Huck had to face. Leaving Pap was a big leap of maturity that lead to Huck's big adventure.
Hucks second leap to manhood was when he decided to help Jim. Huck was raised to treat slaves like slaves because according to most people in that time, slaves were not human.knowing that, Huck always thought blacks didn't have feelings so he treated them like so. Huck is scared most of the book that helping Jim will lead to consequences. He knows that helping a runaway is a sin and every sin has consequences. Huck is able to realize that blacks are indeed humans with feelings in the end. With Jim supporting Huck like a father, Huck grew attached to Jum realizing he has feelings. Considering that, Jim has a big impact on Huck, opening Huck's eyes.
Hucks last act of maturing to discuss is when he helps the Wilks family with the cons. Huck knew everything the cons did was wrong so he knew he had to quickly think of a plan to help out the Wilks family. From the beginning, Huck knew the cons were fake but he chose not to say anything. Huck then helps protect Mary Jane. He cared for her so he sent her away from the cons knowing she'd be safe. Huck stole the money and hid it away from the cons. The cons are scary men to deal with, so when Huck made this decision to hide the money so the cons wouldn't find it, it showed his maturity and bravery. In conclusion, Huck was putting other people before himself no matter how scary it was.
As the readers can see, the river was Huck’s path to manhood. The readers can see this in many ways such as when he finally got away from pap, when he decided to help Jim, and when Huck helps the Wilks family. Maturing is all about taking action in major life decisions and we get to see that from Huck through The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.