In chapters 22-24 i was honestly not seeing much coming of age within Huck. In chapter 23, when Jim brings up his wife and children, it occurs to huck that maybe just maybe, black men can love their familes the way white men do. wow. Except, however, when you could kind of tell that he was annoyed and almost feeling above the robbers/con-men and what they were doing. So, in a way, Huck is growing because if this was him a while back, he would've probably been trying to trick people for money and maybe worse. Throughout the rest of the chapters, i didn't really find anything significant to coming of age. There were a few minor set backs, like when Huck steals money and stuff in chapter 27. But in all honesty, these chapters did not show much signifcance to me. I thought huck's stealing the money off the deceased man was almost a set back because of how awful he felt when he saw the dead body in previous chapters.
throughout the rest of the chapters i read, i did not see much coming of age. I felt like Huck took some steps forwards but a lot more steps backwards. I felt as though when he wasn't with Jim, he did not show his maturity and proper morals. I picked up on this pretty quickly within the chapters, and if my theory is correct, my next blog post will have a lot more "coming of age" because he met with Jim at the end. We'll see what happens...
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Isn't part of maturation falling back on less mature ways and then realizing it and moving forward?
Howdy there, dood! I agree with you; with the way things are going now, Huck should "come to age" a whole bunch in the coming chapters! I cant wait to see what happens! :3
And to offshoot from what Ms Swagkins said, sometimes people have to take a step back from where they were, realize what they've done, and hopefully, they'll realize their errors and grow because of it! :3
I'm glad you're thinking the same way I do when it comes to Huck Finn's and Jim's relationship. Jim seems like a... figure of authority for Huck. I don't know if it's because he's an adult or if there's some sort of mutual respect forming behind the scenes (the type that surpasses the obvious differences). I kind of wonder why exactly Huck keeps his behavior in check around Jim...
I agree with you about how there was not a lot of "Coming of Age" in these chapters. I agree with you anout how you said Huck is almost disgusted at what the con-men are doing. A while back he would have done the same thing, but now he is able to pinpoint right from wrong. That is "Coming of Age".
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