Huck Finn chapters 16-22

Well, lets just start off with saying that Chapter 16 is a huge deal breaker to the reader (or maybe just me) but basically Huck and Jim are headed to free Jim of slavery. ok. first of all, the internal conflict Huck must be feeling right about now is the one I have been waiting for all along. Before reading further into the chapters, I wondered what Huck thought of Jim, were they aquaintences? friends? The internal conflict of whether to turn Jim in must have been hard on Huck. "It most froze me to hear such talk. He wouldn't ever dared to talk such talk in his life before. Just see what a difference it made in him the minute he judged he was about free." this quote of Huck talking was right after Jim was embracing his free mindset and talking about his future and children, and here shows how Huck felt about "niggers" and how if you give them one inch of freedom, they will take a mile.
When chapter 17 rolls around and they are seperated my heart broke a little bit, maybe i am just a softy but I was not too fond of the family Huck later encounters. But, his lying and witty ways gets him out of situations once again (sorta), which I was happy about.
In chapter 18 nothing really significant happens in terms of "coming of age" I guess you can say Huck's admiration for a comfortable home could show some type of maturity, because it does show that he is aware of something he never had. Something signifcant that does happen in this chapter, however that after the gun fight and killing of the Grangerford's, he immediately seeks Jim for comfort. YAY FRIENDS! "I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds, and so was Jim to get away from the swamp."
When they take in the two criminals, a part of me is almost happy, because Huck does not immediately say no because of their appearance and background. It's almost like his past experiences because of his father have changed him, in a good way. (skipping ahead a little bit here) but Huck lies about whether Jim is a run away slave to the men. So like, in summary, Huck has matured enough to know what to say and what not to say. He loves Jim! yay.
Okay the whole "Romeo and Juliet" thing was cool I guess, it was kind of random to me. Also a thing that stuck out to me, was that Huck and Jim stayed back most of the time when the criminals went to do all of that criminally (I don't know if that's a word) stuff, imagine Huck in his early years staying back from doing something bad? Absurd!
To be completely honest, chapters 21-22 did not really stand out to me with anything that has to do with coming of age. All of these chapters have to do with the readers perception of the relationship between Huck and Jim. In my opinion, they still have a little bit of the "father-son" aspect, but it's almost like they are best friends, which is great. Huck is maturing with every chapter, but in suttle and not always so obvious ways to the reader. But in all, Jim has been a really good influence on Huck and I am excited to see what happens in later chapters!