Essay On How Huck Finn Mature

Huck Finn was the main character of the book Huckleberry Finn. He definitely became way more mature throughout the book and it really shows. At the start he isn’t very much like everyone else around him. He just followed his own rules and did what he wanted to do without really putting in much thought about what his actions may do to others or how they may feel and react. He was a poor, homeless boy growing up and also acted very ignorant most of the time. He was just not important in the town or society he lived in. Towards the end of the story you will see a big change in the way he acts. Throughout the first portion of the book he was trying to escape his father, who was a drunk, mean old man.
Huck holds a closer relationship with Jim, a runaway slave, than most people who meet him do. Huck listens to Jim’s advice to better himself
When Huck was being raised he was taught that African Americans were property and their feelings and dreams did not matter to the white folk. After Huck had been living with Jim for a little while he began to realize he was taught wrong and he should not remain close to his previous beliefs. He now knows no matter what the skin color, people are people and should be treated equal. Huck realized himself and Jim are just alike in many ways and have many of the same beliefs, only Jim has black skin and not white. Near the first of the story after Huck had escaped his father he was taken into custody of Miss Watson, an old widow. After being adopted by Miss Watson Huck became involved with a boy named Tom Sawyer who decided he was going to start a gang, of which Huck would take part in. In order to become a member of the gang they had to swear that if they broke any rules of the gang then they would have to murder their own families. This was the time when the boys realized Huck did not have a real