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Story by Mark Twain
Scene 1
"I made up my mind i would fix up some way to leave there."(24)
This quote shows that early on Huck is developing maturity. In the beggining of the book, Huck is living under the rule of hs father, Pap. Huck does not agree with the way pap acts/treats him. Pap kidnaps Huck and takes him to his cabin. Huck is left alone in the cabin after a day of his father neglecting him. This is the time that Huck realizes he has to do something about this. He is tired of constantly getting beat up on, so he decides to run away. This is the first time that Huck stands up for himself and takes action for the better. You can see Huck's maturity increase after he wisely makes the decision to get away. Before he wouldnt have made such a big decision like that, which implies that he is maturing.
Scene 2
This quote conveys how Huck listens to Jim for the first time. Before this anything that Jim has to say Huck totally ignores it. Huck doesnt care what others have to say. He doesnt respect adults the way they should be respected. Huck always does his own thing and isnt concerened about what anyone else has to say; he is going to do his own thing either way. This marks the first time Huck really listens to what others have to say and takes action on it, which further developes his maturity.
Wrecked Steamboat
Scene 3
Huck and Jim encounter two robbers trying to kill the third robber. The two robbers leave the third robber stranded on a steamboat to drown along with the boat. Huck feels bad for the guy being left on the boat because you never know what life path he could go down; one day he may become a murderer. Him feeling bad about for the robber represents his maturity and for him to understand not to be so quick to judge others. Huck is unsure where his life may lead him. It also shows that he is starting to care for others even if he does not know the person. This conveys maturity because Huck realizes he has to be more caring for everyone whether he knows them or not because it could end up coming back up and causing him the same pain.
Scene 4
Huck plays a trick on Jim for something to laugh about, but Jim doesn't find it very funny. Jim feels disappointed and heartbroken. Huck matures in a couple ways in this scene. First, he realizes that he cant always play jokes on people because it can be immature and disrespectful. Second, Huck learns that he needs to put himself in other peoples shoes because something can harm someone more than you may think. He now knows he needs to think about how others may feel in the end. Not thinking before doing something is a huge sign of immaturity, but now that huck has learned to think about the possible outcomes of his actions, he matures greatly.
Scene 5
Huck is realizing his actions in this scene. He is acting out being rude and disrespectful. Huck is doing things he knows that he shouldnt. He finally comes to his senses and knows that he should take advantage of the things offered and not treating them like they are pointless. Huck has let everything Miss Watson has done for him slip right through his fingers. He wants to change his ways because he notices that he is wrong. This shows him what is right and wrong and in ordeer to mature he needs to follow through with this so he can develop instead of being an immature child.
Scene 6
This quote conveys deep development of Huck's maturity because Huck realizes the actions humans have the ability to do can be wrong in almost every way possible. A feud between the Gangerfords and Shepardsons that has been going on for countless years with no solid reason for it. They raise their children into the notion that both of thr families want to kill eachother. After Huck talks to Buck about it he sees that humans are extremely immature. Before Huck's whole journey he probably would have gone along with it, but he now understands the act of a mad mad is unhuman and just down right brutal.
Scene 7
Jim leaving Huck helps him to become more mature. Once Jim is out of Hucks possession he realizes that he had taken advantage of his company and everything else he did for him. This shows him not to take advantage of anything he has at one point because they can easily be taken away from you at any time. Huck's care for Jim has also stengthened. Their connection has become so strong that Huck cries as Jim is leaving; if Huck didn't care for him then he wouldn't be crying. Hucks maturity increases because he is actually caring for something strongly, which is Jim. Before this adventure Huck could care less.
Scene 8
This is a major development point in Huck's maturity. Huck is suffering from the loss of Jim. When he looks back he thinks everything he has done makes him seem less of a person than he actaully is. He is reevaluating his whole life. Huck decides to change his ways. By him doing this it shows that he wants to be the best he can be, he wants to make better decisons and that is an improvement to his maturity. Huck is tired of just living as normal huck. Before this scene he wanted to change, but never made the effort to. Huck finally makes an effort and that shows an increase in his maturity.