Huck Finn Growing Up Analysis

Growing up is a process that everyone must go through. It does not occur overnight; it is a long, drawn out process. Everyone grows up differently, and no two people’s growth will be the same because everyone matures both physically and mentally at different rates. There is also no distinct line between being a child and adult. Experiences that individuals go through can cause them to have to grow up quicker than they would have otherwise. Having to grow up quicker than usual is the case with Huckleberry Finn. The book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain reveals the process of growing up that the main character, Huckleberry Finn, goes through while he is traveling down the river. When the novel opens, a very naïve Huckleberry …show more content…
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer’s “gang” were typical children trying to have fun by scaring people. Huck explanation about the boys’ festivities “We used to hop out of the woods and go charging down on hog-drivers and women in carts taking garden stuff to market, but we never hived anyone of them” (Twain 22-23). Shortly after this, Huck learns that his drunk of a father is back in town, and that he is after Huck’s money. “You git me that money tomorrow-I want it” (Twain 31). His father advises him to drop out of school and to stop trying to better himself. Huck goes against his father’s wishes because he seems to understand the importance of schooling. The significance of Huck’s decision to go against his father is that it shows a slight bit of maturity in Huckleberry Finn. Huck realizes that he needs an education in order for him to better himself and in order for him to be able to be better than his drunk of a father. Then when Huck’s father kidnaps him and takes him across the river, Huckleberry Finn shows a sudden spike in maturity. A lot of children fail to find a way out or a solution to living in a broken home with a drunk as a parent. Huckleberry Finn was not like most children because he found a way out. He