The Growth and Development of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a coming-of-age novel about an adolescent boy named Huckleberry Finn. In the novel Huckleberry learns many of life's lessons, helping him grow and mature. In the beginning of the novel, Huck fakes his own death in order to escape his abusive and alcoholic father. Pap, as Huck calls him, had kidnapped Huck from his caretaker the Widow Douglas, who …showed first 75 words of 1134 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1134 total…cience says is right, instead of what society says is right. This is a difficult task that shows how Huck's maturity and his ability to think for himself has grown and made him much more self-reliant. Works Cited Mizener, Arthur. "Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Twelve Great American Novels. Ed. Arthur Mizener. New York, NY: The New American Library, 1967, 34-48. Twain, Mark.. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. United States of America: Perma-Bound Classics. 1988