Реферат: Is Huck Finn Too Mature Essay Research 2

the wilderness to the restrictions of society. Huck has his own set of morals

and values to govern his life. He also has perhaps the most needed quality of

all. Huck has the ability to adjust to any situation, and to adjust to almost

any surroundings.

The situation with Jim and the rattlesnake is surprising to the reader.

It is one of the three specific situations in the book where Huck makes a

decision without thinking it through. Huck forgets that a rattlesnakes mate

always curls around its dead partner. This turns out to have bad result when

Jim is bitten by the snake which was not at all Huck’s intent. Twain may have

put that case in the book to show that Huck is not always right and is capable

of making bad decisions. At this point, it is likely that Twain realized how

good Huck was turning out to be, and therefore had him make a mistake. Not just

a mistake, but a mistake that went against one of his main morals, which was to

be kind to others. The second trick played on Jim will be the last immature and

childish thing that Huck does before the end of the book. Huck lies to Jim and

tells him that they were never separated on the river. Jim finally realizes

that Huck is lying to him, and then becomes extremely upset. It is at this

point that Huck understands his need for Jim’s friendship and, sees Jim’s

dedication to him. Huck’s next action shows that he does not care about

societies views and does an act that would never be accepted by his society. “It

was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a

nigger: but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterward, neither. I

didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn’t done that one if I’d’ `a’

knowed it would make him feel that way.”

During Huck’s time spent with the Grangerford and Shepherdson families he

sees an view of society that he has never faced. Huck does not understand why

people are fighting to the point of death when they fail to remember the

original reason for the feud. Huck’s common sense allow him to judge the

situation, seeing through the shallow ideas that keep the feud going. Huck is