Huck has slowly but surely matured greatly for the better when we read further into the book. His maturity shows when he gets confronted with problems. Him and Jim had faced many challenges together but as they continue together Huck now thinks and reacts in a more adult manor than he did in the beginning of the book like when playing games with Tom Sawyer. Examples in chapter 24 when Huck witnesses two con men steal from the Wilks sisters. He says he is ashamed to be a part of the human race. The sad part is that people still do that today. Even though Huck knows it is wrong of them to do that he takes the money from them and indirectly gives it back to the Wilks sisters without telling them they had it stolen in the first place and who stole it. This proves that Huck knows right from wrong but is not brave enough or know enough to do the right thing and tell them the whole story.
Does Huck turn Jim in as a slave and get money or does he travel with him and do the right thing? As Huck slowly sees Jim as an actual person and not as a slave he realizes that he needs to protect him from outside people that only think of him as a worker. This internal conflict that arises in Huck will fight between his heart and mind. He will need to decide more on what is right and what is wrong, not what other people think.
Huck finally has dropped religion and praying when Jim gets captured and he realizes praying to God will not help him. This personality trait Huck learned from the white part of society that God will give you everything did not work well with Huck. This shows Huck’s innocence and child-like part that is still inside of him because he does not get that praying is not like wishing. Right now Huck is not fully matured yet.
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