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.