Theme Of Maturity In Huckleberry Finn

Huck Finn Maturity In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck, the protagonist, grows in knowledge and maturity. Huck Finn lives in a home on the edge of Missouri and the Mississippi River. He lives with Miss Watson, the widow Douglas, and their slave Jim. These women that he lives with are trying to “sivilize” him and he does not want them to do that. Throughout the novel there are parts that Huck shows his maturity. Huck learns to make many of decisions, like to hide money from people. Miss Watson is a very religious women, but Huck is not that religious. Huck is talking with Miss Watson and working on his spelling, but after that is done she starts telling him to sit up straight and to not put his feet up. She then she told …show more content…
Huck by now does not believe in going to the good place but, “I never said so, because it would only make trouble, and wouldn’t do no good” (Twain 11). This is an example of maturity because he is trying to not start trouble with Miss Watson about his belief of not going to the good place. It is maturity because children usually try to start trouble. Huck is not the only one who is on the verge of trouble. Huck’s father, Pap, has a hard time saving money because he is an alcoholic. This and how he beats and threatens to beat Huck will get him into trouble. Huck finds six thousand dollars in another novel called, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Pap is trying to steal this money so he can buy more alcohol. So, Huck goes to see Judge Thatcher, “I don’t want it at all--nor the six thousand nuther. I want you to take it” (Twain 25). Huck realizes what Pap is trying to do with the money and how he is unable to save the money. So he makes a mature decision to give it to Judge Thatcher, who he can trust, to hold on to it. Huck does not always seem mature. When Huck is in the river with Jim, Jim took a nap and Huck went on a trip. When he came back he pretended like anything …show more content…
They are both con artists looking for money. Huck and Jim heard about a guy named Peter Wilks who died. So, Huck decides to go to the memorial. While there the Duke and King pretend to be the long lost brothers of Peter. They both encounter problems with taking the money because the nieces and doctor realize they are not the actual brothers. So, Huck decides to hide the money, “The only place I see to hide the bag was in the coffin” (Twain 192). This is a smart and mature decision by Huck because he realizes that the money is the family of Peter’s and not the Duke and Kings. He knows that in the coffin it will be buried in the ground with the coffin. After this whole dilemma, Huck runs back to the raft with Jim but, the Duke and King catch them. Instead of hurting Huck they sell Jim. When looking for Jim, Huck comes across Tom, so they go look for Jim. Huck’s plan to get Jim was not complicated and short because he wants to get Jim out as quick as he can. But, Tom’s plan is very long and complicated and he says, “It was the best fun he ever had in his life” (Twain 262). This is mature because Huck is not being selfish and is thinking of his friend. While Tom is trying to have fun and is being selfish. Another way Huck shows his maturity is when he is having a conversation with Widow Douglas he tells her, “All right, then, I’ll go to hell” (Twain 228). This is mature because he is standing up for his