Examples Of Maturity In Huckleberry Finn

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Growth and maturity is a large portion of the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and Mark Twain, the author, uses the river as one example for this theme. The large flowing body of water can have multiple meanings to it, but its main objective was to show a growing maturity for the main character, Huckleberry. Though the Mississippi River didn't have an actual effect on Huck's maturity, his personality and morales obviously changed as he drew along the constantly flowing path. Mark Twain purposefully brought up the river throughout the storyline to show how he exactly changes from the beginning to end. At the beginning of the novel, Huckleberry is captured by his alcoholic father, "Pap". He is locked inside a cabin in the woods and