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.