Huck’s Adventure to Maturation
Awarded author Tracy McMillan states about maturity, “Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.” Caring about people is exactly what is shown in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, through the character of Huck. Huck Finn starts as an immature boy in the beginning of the novel. By the end of his adventure he comes of age in his maturity by making the right decisions about real life things, such as when the family feud caused the death of buck, the situation with Mary Jane, and realizing Tom Sawyer's level of maturity.
On his runaway journey Huck stays with the Grangerford’s who have a never ending feud with the Shepherdsons this causes Buck to get shot and killed. However instead of acting out about his new closest friends death Huck handles it very maturely. After seeing his friend die Huck says …show more content…
Tom continues to be an immature influence on Huck, trying to make imaginative and childish stories come true. When Jim was held captive and they were trying to break him out Tom knew that he was free but still want along with his unnecessary plans. “... A prisoner’s got to have some kind of a dumb pet, and if a rattlesnake hain’t ever been tried... to save your life.” (p. 262) After Tom tries to convince Jim to tame a rattlesnake Huck realizes that these imaginative adventures are immature and unnecessary. Huck learns from Tom on how he is an immature boy and to not act like him. Tom really helps Huck grow in his maturity throughout his adventures.
After all of the fun, careless, imaginative adventures are done with Huck turns out to be a mature young man who cares about people, things, life and morals. Through overcoming bad situations like the family feud, helping Mary Jane, and realizing Toms immature actions and to learn from his wrong
Awarded author Tracy McMillan states about maturity, “Caring - about people, about things, about life - is an act of maturity.” Caring about people is exactly what is shown in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, through the character of Huck. Huck Finn starts as an immature boy in the beginning of the novel. By the end of his adventure he comes of age in his maturity by making the right decisions about real life things, such as when the family feud caused the death of buck, the situation with Mary Jane, and realizing Tom Sawyer's level of maturity.
On his runaway journey Huck stays with the Grangerford’s who have a never ending feud with the Shepherdsons this causes Buck to get shot and killed. However instead of acting out about his new closest friends death Huck handles it very maturely. After seeing his friend die Huck says …show more content…
Tom continues to be an immature influence on Huck, trying to make imaginative and childish stories come true. When Jim was held captive and they were trying to break him out Tom knew that he was free but still want along with his unnecessary plans. “... A prisoner’s got to have some kind of a dumb pet, and if a rattlesnake hain’t ever been tried... to save your life.” (p. 262) After Tom tries to convince Jim to tame a rattlesnake Huck realizes that these imaginative adventures are immature and unnecessary. Huck learns from Tom on how he is an immature boy and to not act like him. Tom really helps Huck grow in his maturity throughout his adventures.
After all of the fun, careless, imaginative adventures are done with Huck turns out to be a mature young man who cares about people, things, life and morals. Through overcoming bad situations like the family feud, helping Mary Jane, and realizing Toms immature actions and to learn from his wrong