To begin with, Huck shows his first signs of maturity when he apologizes for the cruel trick he played on Jim in the fog. When Jim and Huck get separated in the thick heavy fog, Huck decides to take a nap and wait off the fog, but arises to find that it is nighttime. Huck eventually locates the raft and wakes Jim up. Jim is extremely happy to see that Huck is safe. Huck tries to fool Jim by saying that he was dreaming. Jim is fooled at first, but soon realizes that Huck is playing him for a fool. “...En all you wuz thinkin’ ’bout wuz how you could mak

In addition, Huck’s final stage of maturity is shown in chapter 31 by his ripping up the letter to Miss Watson and choosing to go to hell. Huck’s decision to go to hell is the climax of the novel. Huck wants to pray but cannot because his heart just is not right. Something seems to be bothering Huck. So now Huck comes to the decision to write to Miss Watson and tell her where Jim is. After writing the letter, Huck feels clean of sin for the first time, but then he gets to thinking about Jim and all the good times they had together on the river. Huck has to choose between right and wrong. Huck thinks that if he rips the letter up then he will go to hell. Huck makes a monumental decision by saying, “All right, then I’ll go to hell.” In actuality, Huck does the right thing by ripping the letter and will probably go to heaven for his actions. In short, Huck’s maturity is revealed with his ironic decision to go to hell.

Furthermore, Huck’s maturity is shown through his ability to start telling the truth instead of lying all the time. Early in the novel Huck is comfortable with lying. As a reversal of the entire novel, Huck comes to a

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