Maturity in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "To live with fear and not be afraid is the greatest sign of maturity." If this is true, then Mark Twain's Huck Finn is the greatest example of maturity. Huck is the narrator of Twain's book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In the book Huck, a young boy from the American South, travels down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. The two encounter many adventures and meet many different people. Along the way, not only does Huck mature, but he also becomes a kind and loyal person, sometimes going against the values of society. This is shown through his many experiences with the Duke and the King, the Peter Wilk's scam, and Jim. Huck displays his kindness when he picks up two strangers and lets them travel with him and Jim. "Here comes a couple of men tearing up the path...They begged me to save their lives and wanted to jump right in...I says:...Wade down to me and get in." (19). These two men are complete strangers, and Huck knows that they are being chased, so they are obviously troublemakers. Yet he takes them in, and welcomes them aboard, showing great compassion. Later, the two men lie to Huck and Jim. Huck does not say a thing, though he realizes they are lying. "But I never said nothing, never let on; kept it to myself; it's the best way; then you don't have no quarrels, and don't get into no trouble...I hadn't no objections, 'long as it would keep peace in the family." (19). It is now clear to Huck that these men are not going to be a blessing to him and Jim. Still, he never says a thing, and just wants to have a friendly atmosphere between all of them. H... ... middle of paper ... ...t his decision. He thinks hard, then makes a decision. "I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then I says to myself: 'All right then, I'll go to Hell'-and tore it up." (31). This is extremely significant. After debating throughout the novel about Jim, Huck makes a decision of complete loyalty, even if it means Hell. In conclusion, Huck is a true, mature friend of kindness and loyalty. In dealing with his friends, he sometimes debates about which choice is the right choice, but always picks the noble one, even if it isn't socially acceptable. He has faced fear-to the extent of Hell-and, in the end, has not been afraid to be a true friend. That is one of the greatest signs of maturity. Work Cited Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, London: W.W. Norton and Company, 1999.
Huck has been raised in a high-class society where rules and morals are taught and enforced. He lives a very strict and proper life where honesty and adequacy is imposed. Huck being young minded and immature, often goes against these standards set for him, but are still very much a part of his decision-making ability and conscience. When faced to make a decision, Hucks head constantly runs through the morals he was taught. One of the major decisions Huck is faced with is keeping his word to Jim and accepting that Jim is a runaway. The society part of Hucks head automatically looks down upon it. Because Huck is shocked and surprised that Jim is a runaway and he is in his presence, reveals Hucks prejudice attitude that society has imposed on him. Huck is worried about what people will think of him and how society would react if they heard that Huck helped save a runaway slave. The unspoken rules th...
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.
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