Final Huck Finn Post

          After finishing the book it seems that all of the "Coming of Age" that Huck has accomplished has been set back. After he reunites with Tom, the two assume the roles that they had at the beginning of the novel. Tom influences Huck to go back to his old ways and we see all of Huck's maturation fade away as he no longer views Jim as an equal. Huck has let all he came to know slip because he is a person who is easily persuaded. It was easy for him to forget all that he and Jim went through and just view Jim as another slave who was not equal to himself.
          In a way, it does not really matter because we come to find that Jim has been free for the duration of the novel. It could be viewed that Huck wanted to be friends with Jim and was using the fact that he thought Jim was a slave who needed help just to be close with him. In its own sense that is "Coming of Age" because Huck was able to overlook the racial barrier of the time period and see somebody for who they are on the inside and not how they look on the outside. Thanks for reading!

Huckleberry Finn Chapters 22-30

          For this post I'm going to focus on describing moments of "Coming of Age" rather than the plot of the book. In chapter 23 when Jim is "moaning and mourning" for his wife and two children. Huck concludes that Jim loves his family as much as white men love theirs. This shows me that Huck is maturing and is starting to view Jim as an equal because he is beginning to view Jim as a person and not just a runaway slave. In chapter 25, when the people of the town believe the duke and dauphin to be related to Peter Wilks, Huck says he has never seen anything so disgusting. To me, he could be referring to how the people are foolish enough to believe the due and dauphin or he could be disgusted at the fact that the duke and dauphin are taking advantage of the people, which again shows the maturation of Huck.
          Continuing, in chapter 26, Huck's morals take over and he seeks out the money to give back to the girls. This is "Coming of Age" because he is taking the feelings of others into account when making decisions. Throughout all off the chapters those were the only events that stuck out as "Coming of Age" to me. Till next week folks, I bid thee farewell.