The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1375 Words

Becoming Of Age It is a known fact that children struggle to become adults. The teen years are some of the most difficult, in which people are faced with new found responsibilities and authority, not to mention the years spent growing and maturing physically. Teenagers are stuck in an inbetween state where they must learn who they want to become and what they want to be when they grow older. The same is true for Huckleberry Finn, from the book â€Å"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn† by Mark Twain. This is a book that was written in a time of great confusion over moral codes and standards. It was a world split in half by two different worlds of people; those who opposed, and those who promoted slavery. It was also a world of religion, a world†¦show more content†¦More than that, he has no idea who he wants to become. The widow that houses him seems nice but she is too religious and would never survive outside of her good Christian bubble. Huck’s father is an abusive drunk tha t only knows how to fist fight and cuss like a sailor. He’s unwilling to be like the wealthy because they are simply too uptight but he also sees the contrast in his father. He seems to want something in between. Once, while thinking about such things, Huck states, â€Å"I didn t see how I d ever got to like it so well at the widow s, where you had to wash, and eat on a plate, and comb up, and go to bed and get up regular, and be forever bothering over a book† (6). That life of dormant cleanliness just doesn’t cut it for Huck. He wants adventure and drama. Despite this want for the unknown he does cling to some stability, seen in how he keeps his friend Jim with him in order to have something in his life he can rely on. There’s no one in his life that has both stability in friends and a life of thrilling enterprise. Yes, Huck does want to grow and progress in his life, but he struggles to find someone who he wants to be like. The second point that helps define how â€Å"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn† is about coming of age is how Huck endeavors to understand why he is helping Jim. Jim is an escaped slave and everything he has ever been told indicates that under no circumstances should Huck ever help such a man, but Huck is