Huck Finn Coming Of Age Analysis

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a coming-of-age story where Huck gets to experience the world. Four lessons that Huck learns throughout the book are being loyal to a friend, he learns about racism, to make the right decision, and death. Throughout the book when Huck and Jim were going along the river trying to help Jim escape huck wanted to tell the truth that Jim was a runaway slave. But he never turned him in because he was the only friend Huck had. Jim was a father figure to Huck. This is important because Huck never knew loyalty. Hucks real father wasn 't a good man who never taught him any values. Jim taught Huck to be loyal. Another lesson that Huck learns is that colored people should not be treated any differently than whites. Skin color can not determine how good or bad a person is or how a person should be treated. Even though Jim was a runaway slave, Huck and Jim created a special bond, despite the color of his skin. Huck had a couple different situations where he had to choose
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The King, Duke, and Huck’s father all share negative traits. A negative trait that they all share in common is that all they care about is getting money and having money. The only reason why Pap Huck’s father came back to see him is when he finds house that Huck has found six thousand dollars. The king and Duke go on the journey with Huck and Jim because they want to make money and Huck and Jim had a raft that they could go along the river and make scams to get money. They also want to stay with Huck because they know he has money. the positive traits that they share are...Huck’s attitude toward the king, Duke, and Pap is that he wants to like them but he doesn’t like the way they treat him or the way they treat other people. He wants to feel like he is a liked by people and is a part of something so he will do what he has to, to keep the feeling of being a part of

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