Howdy!! Ever heard of Huckleberry Finn? “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, the story takes place in the 1840s which involves with Huck facing against dangers of a slavery, superstition, and the dangers of a southern society. Unlike the Southern society, Huck’s mind is different by being independent, causing mischief, and taking risks. (thesis statement) Mark Twain shows how Huckleberry proved he grew as a person throughout his journey. The first example of his knowledge growing is in the novel chapters 5-7, Huck starts to think of a plan of escaping from his alcoholic father. How he does it and how he escaped, this advanced his memory of what’s in the cabin and how to prepare. His plan of taking the supplies …show more content…
In chapter 8 page 28, Huck sees Jim, the runaway slave of Ms. Watson. This gives him a responsibility for taking care of his life, so he doesn’t get caught into slavery again, even he would risk being called an abolitionist. Then, they both must survive the wild and live off the land. In chapters 9-10, Huck and Jim live off the land, using what they have. Plus, he took some supplies of an abandoned cabin. (Unknown to Huck, the corpse in the cabin is his father.) This teaches him to use what’s around him. In chapter 10, Huck finds some snake-skin, except Jim told him that carrying snake-skin is bad luck. Then, Huck got Jim bitten by the rattlesnake because of the snake-skin, this shows that one-act shouldn’t go too far. He even regretted his choice, “I made up my mind I wouldn’t take a-holt of snake-skin with my hands, now that I see what had come of it.” (Twain 36). This line shows that he learns that he should’ve heeded Jim’s word of holding snake-skin would in bad luck. Meaning, he should’ve followed Jim’s warnings and to make sure never go too …show more content…
According to pages 146 and 147 of chapter 31, he had to choose whether to write the letter to Ms. Watson of Jim, or still try to keep getting Jim to freedom. He thinks turning Jim in is to bring him upon a path to heaven, while trying to help Jim would mean sending him to the underworld. Plus, telling the truth would get you somewhere. According to chapter 33, Huck had to hide the money in a coffin while the king and duke fooled the Wilkes family and innocent townsfolk by saying they’re the heirs. So, he told the truth and got the king and duke punished for their crimes. This shows that he couldn’t live as a liar, mostly you must tell the