okay, first of all let me just say that the ending parts of this book really aggrevated me. But chapter 33 is when it really goes down. Seeing Tom and Huck together brought a little bit of suspense for me personally because of the coming of age aspect. If Huck goes back to his old ways, his adventures with Jim and his maturing would be for nothing, IF he was influenced enough by his old life style. A little side note, is coincidently after him and tom sneak out of the house (not the ideal thing to do) but then he starts to feel bad when he sees the con men, like NOW you feel bad! well that is maturing, in a way.
When I found out that Jim was in the shed, I was more confused by the fact that Tom was on board with trying to get Jim out of there. I guess in a way that there is a sense of coming of age, not only with Huck but with Tom. (so we think) But, one part of coming of age that I noticed was when Tom was really mad at Huck for taking a watermelon. (still getting used to how the writing is in this book). and he made Huck give them money for stealing the fruit, LIKE WHERE DID THAT COME FROM. throughout chapters 36-38 ish, Huck and Tom's plan for Jim's escape take some twists and turns, but it seems as though Tom has complete control over the situation, but that's not even his own friend, which I thought was kind of strange but its a good thing.
CHAPTER 40 IS ANXIETY STRONG. When they escape from the shed I was happy, because there was some team work going on there, so Tom recognized that Jim is the same human as he is, just a different skin color (I think this is going to change, we'll see) but yeah, tom survived with a bullet in his leg.
basically to sum it up, Jim was free all along throughout the entire book, Pap AND Miss Watson both died, and they're all pretty much free to go on adventures and all of that junk. I think Tom and Huck both go through changes, Tom's was not focused as much, but I think the fact that for me personally, Huck did not change that much when he was reunited with Tom was a huge coming of age factor. Tom is definitely a bad influence kind of friend, and he was not influenced! go huck! thanks for reading!
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Sometimes the cause of all of the confusion and plot twists can be viewed as life itself. In an ideal plot, the process of Coming-of-Age is probably expected to steadily become more successful throughout the book, but there's one factor we all seem to forget about: life and all that comes with it. In life there will be setbacks and disappointments, and I believe that is what Huck is going through as the novel progresses. His experiencing and overcoming those obstacles is what shapes his level of maturity, which will change at times because life changes and people change with it. Overall, I think Huckleberry Finn did a nice job with the theme.
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