Being mature consists of developing ones character. Through friends, enemies and experiences, one grows to find out who he or she is in life. This also applies to characters of a novel. Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" takes readers through the process of moral maturation. During the novel, Huck develops into a fine young man who can distinguish from the rights and wrongs of his society. .
Firstly, Huck defied the laws of society by taking Jim on the Mississippi River. "I seen that wreck laying there so mournful and lonesome in the middle of the river. I wanted to get aboard of her and slink around a little, and see what there was there" (80). In Huck's view, there is a raft that he wants to climb aboard and travel on. At first, Huck just wants to climb aboard because Tom Sawyer would have done it: "and I says to myself, Tom Sawyer wouldn't back out now and so I won't either" (81). Inevitably, Huck by acting as Tom Sawyer would have, he proved himself to be courageous. However, this journey of courage, turned into Huck's maturation. Huck realized the cruelties of society, and how white men treat black men. He went against the community's consensus and followed what he believed in: treating everyone equally. .
In addition, although Huck frequently lied, he lied for a cause. For example, when the Duke and the Daulphin asked if Jim was a runaway slave, Huck made up a story about how his father was poor and Jim was his n*gger and they had to travel in the night time because people would try to steal Jim away from Huck. "We don't run daytimes no more now; nights they don't bother us" (143). Huck describes that him and Jim are left alone by the people at night. Although lying can be seem and immature, Huck saved Jim from being found out. He deliberately lied to save Jim; thus being knowledgeable and showing maturity. Clearly, Huck risked his life to save Jim, proving that he was far mature beyond his years.
Huck's owning up to his mistake shows true maturity in him as well. ... True maturity is shown by Huck when he tells the truth because he does not take the easy way out. ... In summation, Huck shows true maturity by telling the truth and not lying. ... In short, Huck's maturity is revealed with his ironic decision to go to hell. ... At the beginning of the novel Tom and Huck are at about the same maturity level. ...
At the end of the novel Huck Finn shows a large change in his level of maturity than he had exhibited in the beginning of the book. ... These games, based off of what Tom had pieced together from novels, demonstrated the lack of maturity of the boys. ... Huck is brought away from both civilization and Tom, who together silence his inner maturity. ... These two characters, probably the antithesis of maturity and morality, help not only to strengthen Huck Finn's values, but also to help him realize what they were in the first place. ... Huck here shows a great deal of maturity because he ...
However by the conclusion of he novel, Huck realizes his true friendship with Jim and proves his maturity. ... Huck shows he is capable of remorse and a step closer to maturity. ... (Huck Finn p220) Huck agrees because he just wanted to save Jim. ... Huck puts his friends before himself, a trait this is a sign of maturity. By the end of the novel Huck had taken huge steps toward maturity and adulthood. ...
The Widow takes him in and attempts to "civilize- Huck. ... Huck's nature is not to bath, learn, read, or be polite. ... Huck's partner in adventure and the mentor in Huck's moral life is an escaped slave by the name of Jim. ... In the last chapters of this book Huck seems to disregard all the wisdom he has gained on the raft and fails to process the new maturity he could have acquired from his adventure. In the end , Huck doesn't end up gaining as much maturity or wisdom as many would expect. ...
In the beginning of the story, Huck is a true blue southerner. Miss Watson's attempts to civilize Huck have failed. ... Huck is very much a child, physically and emotionally. ... Tom is still "in the dark" with regards to maturity. ... Twain's Huck Finn, illustrates the ending that Fay Weldon spoke of. ...
Although their moral maturity is results of two very different time periods and settings, the reader notices a parallel between these two stories. ... Although it doesn't specifically have to do with morals and decision making like Huck, Francis reaches maturity in the end. ... Is it determined by age, or by physical maturity and such? ... A young adult is not only a person in a mature body but it is someone with social maturity aswell. ... In a way, this is like Huck's situation. ...
In the beginning of the novel, Huck tends to have an immature side to him. There are some things in the beginning that show that Huck still has a very childish side to him. ... 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. ... This shows true maturity because and immature person would want someone to get what they deserve rather than think about the worth of their life first. ...
Jim's character is totally different from Huck's. ... Jim showed a lot of love and compassion for Huck. ... Even though Jim and Huck are very good friends he still respected the fact that Huck is white. ... The prank Huck played on Jim and the moments following it revealed Jim's character as well as Huck's. The prank was the start of Huck's maturity, which progressed as he continued his adventure down the Mississippi. ...
Growing Up Mark Twain's character Huck Finn matures throughout the story in many different aspects. ... Huck begins to recognize that black people are not property but are humans. ... In the beginning of the novel, Huck talks about civilization and how much he hates it. ... He is very independent which shows maturity, as a thirteen-year-old boy he is perfectly capable of taking care of himself. ... Huck had his mind made up that the runaway must be turned in. ...
