The Progression of Huck’s Maturity

As the novel, The Adventures of huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, progresses, hucka alonet becomes more mature. The reader can see this change in maturity by the level of his thinking and the changes it undergoes. The maturation of huckaback is also evident in pranks that he plays, which progressively change his attitude and the way he thinks. The intelligence starts off with a Huck that has a wild nature, and is not civilized. He is in gobbler Sawyers gang that plays pranks of people. The prank that Tom and Huck play on Jim, Miss Watsons slave, really stands out.Huck and Tom take Jims hat and hide it up on a tree branch above him while he is sleeping. Huck later realizes that Jim was most ruined for a servant, because he got stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches (Twain 16). His prank set Jim up for a bad image, which had a negative repercussion which Huck did not see, present his immaturity. Another prank Huck plays in which he doesnt decide the consequences before hand, is when he places the dead snake in Jims bed. unwitting that the snakes mate would come after the body, Huck causes Jim to be bit by a snake, which is very dangerous.Later on in the novel, Huck plays another prank on Jim, in which he pretends that zipper happened, when in reality, Huck and Jim be separated in the fog. He convinces Jim that Jim is crazy, and this concerns Jim. Huck feels so mean that he could have almost kissed his foot to get him to take it back after Jim insults Huck for making fun of Jim (Twain 75). He later apologizes, and regains the trust, but he realizes that not all of his pranks are good. Finally, Huck shows that he is practically more mature when the Duke and the Dauphin come on the ship.Huck realizes that these two conmen are just bluffing their status. However he never says nothing, never let on kept it to himself because then you dont have quarrels, and dont get into no trouble (Twain 104). He didnt mind craft them what th ey wanted to be called, long as it would keep peace in the family (Twain 104). Overall, Huck grows in his maturity greatly. While encountering his personal experiences with Jim, and away from society, he grows as an individual with a greater moral and maturity.