To mature people always have to make decisions that change their life. Most importantly the life-changing events that have the most impact on our lives. Sometimes these experiences, good or bad, can help us grow and mature. This can be moving away for the house you grew-up in or meeting a new unlikely friend. Marks Twain's Huckleberry Finn follows Huck, a young boy, who experiences 3 profound life-changing events.
Huck goes on an adventure so he can be free to be himself and be “civilized” like everyone else, However He doesn't go it alone. Huck makes a new friend along the way named Jim. He is also on a quest to be free and not a slave. Huck encounters Jim on Jackson's Island far before their adventure begins.“Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson’s Jim! I bet I was glad to see him.”(Twain 43). This is when Huck starts to really meet Jim and the start of their unlikely friendship. This is life changing because Huck learns a lot from Jim that he would not have known if they didn’t go on the river together. …show more content…
As they explore Jim notices a “sleeping man” and he yells out when there was no reply he says “It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He’s ben shot in de back. I reck’n he’s ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face—it’s too gashly.”(Twain 52). You discover towards the end of the book this man ends up being Huck’s father, Pap Finn. Pap was a terrible father to Huck, but nevertheless he still was his Dad so Jim tries to keep Huck from seeing him. He also has a more secured freedom without worrying about
Huck goes on an adventure so he can be free to be himself and be “civilized” like everyone else, However He doesn't go it alone. Huck makes a new friend along the way named Jim. He is also on a quest to be free and not a slave. Huck encounters Jim on Jackson's Island far before their adventure begins.“Pretty soon he gapped and stretched himself and hove off the blanket, and it was Miss Watson’s Jim! I bet I was glad to see him.”(Twain 43). This is when Huck starts to really meet Jim and the start of their unlikely friendship. This is life changing because Huck learns a lot from Jim that he would not have known if they didn’t go on the river together. …show more content…
As they explore Jim notices a “sleeping man” and he yells out when there was no reply he says “It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He’s ben shot in de back. I reck’n he’s ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face—it’s too gashly.”(Twain 52). You discover towards the end of the book this man ends up being Huck’s father, Pap Finn. Pap was a terrible father to Huck, but nevertheless he still was his Dad so Jim tries to keep Huck from seeing him. He also has a more secured freedom without worrying about