Huckleberry Finn has grown up in very extreme circumstances, and throughout his many adventures he has shown skills and traits that show how independent and resourceful he is for a boy his age. Given his adversities Huck sees the world in a practical, logic view that allows him to advertently asses his situations. He is also a very adaptable child, he doesn’t let himself stay in a situation that he doesn’t like. Therefore he is used to being alone on account of his abusive father prompting him to frequently run away, his crooked moral compass allows for him to slyly evade trouble and his disregards for most of society’s rules do not apply to him shows that he is excellent at self rule and determining what is right for him.
Huck’s true characteristic as a non-conforming figure allows him to take on his journey with little to no hesitation. This gutsy disregard for normal tendencies allows for him to venture. A frontiersman limits his docility so he can truly feel free and indulge in …show more content…
On the river he meets different people, people he has to convince to help him move forward on his journey. Each and every mile he crosses along that river he becomes a new person to new people. Huck’s abusive history has turned him away from home many a time but it helped him to know how to take care of himself things to help him survive. While on the river with Jim, Huck would “borrow” (9; ch.12) food and whenever he was faced with a problem he would quickly think of a lie to get out of it. This adaptability shows that he has no real sense of danger sure he knows that these people could kill him or return him back to a place where he was sure to wind up dead anyway, but it doesn’t matter because his goal is to get further up the river. Like those pioneer men before his goal is to do anything he can to reach a place where he feels
Huck’s true characteristic as a non-conforming figure allows him to take on his journey with little to no hesitation. This gutsy disregard for normal tendencies allows for him to venture. A frontiersman limits his docility so he can truly feel free and indulge in …show more content…
On the river he meets different people, people he has to convince to help him move forward on his journey. Each and every mile he crosses along that river he becomes a new person to new people. Huck’s abusive history has turned him away from home many a time but it helped him to know how to take care of himself things to help him survive. While on the river with Jim, Huck would “borrow” (9; ch.12) food and whenever he was faced with a problem he would quickly think of a lie to get out of it. This adaptability shows that he has no real sense of danger sure he knows that these people could kill him or return him back to a place where he was sure to wind up dead anyway, but it doesn’t matter because his goal is to get further up the river. Like those pioneer men before his goal is to do anything he can to reach a place where he feels