Huck Finn 16-22

Well this chapter really shows that little old Huckie is growing up. Prior to this point in time, Huck would have easily given up Jim and let him get taken back to his master, yet in this chapter, he resolves to not letting himself turn him and, and decides to do what would benefit him at that very moment. I feel that this is just a way for Huck to rationalize himself helping Jim, and that he would not have turned him in even if it negatively impacted him. Later Huck finds a family called the Grangerford's who would have killed him if he was a Sheperdson. These families mirror the Capulets and Montagues from Romeo and Juliet, in that they were feuding to the point of killing each other and two of their children fell in love with each other. Huck leaves them, once he sees the families kill one another and continue on with Jim. Huck wanted to stay, but was disturbed by the fighting of the families. He found it ridiculous that they would fight to those extremes and left because of it. Huck's maturation is later shown when he avoids quarrel with two con-artists, knowing that telling that that he knew that weren't royalty would only lead to unnecessary trouble. The next few chapters dont really show Huck matures, but Sherman does have a cool monologue where he insults everyone.

Huck Finn

With respect to the maturation of Huckleberry Finn throughout the novel, Huck makes great strides, and equally large blunders along the way. During the beginning of the novel Huck acts much like the typical 12-15 year old. He is quite niave and believes many of the things that the townspeople, mostly the supersticious. Albiet this fact as the novel progresses Huck begins to mature and understand that which is around him. he begin to understand that the widow is attempting to help him unlike what his father has been telling him his whole life. He begins to see that unlike what his father conditioned him to believe, that authority is not trying to put him down,. but in actuallity they try to help him. Such is the case when Huck gives Judge Thatcher all of his money, but Thatcher will give him money whenever he asks for it. Part of growing up is seeing situations for their merit, and once he realizes that his life with the widow is significatly better than it was before he begins to enjoy it.