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Since Mark Twain published The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885, critics have considered it an excellent example of a story tracing the journey of a young man from childhood to adulthood. Through the years, readers have enjoyed seeing Huck grow from a youn ....

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.... who tries to help Huck is the widow's sister, Miss Watson, who lives with them and was trying to teach Huck spelling. From Huck's standpoint, “Miss Watson she kept on pecking at me, and it got tiresome lonesome” (5). Huck's immaturity is obvious as he expresses his dislike of how Miss Watson wanted him to sit up straight and stop fidgeting. Huck's immaturity is clear in the beginning of the book. All of Huck's discipline leaves his life as the book progresses, and Huck's father shows up to take him to live in a cabin in the woods. All of the bad habits from his past return. Even though Huck does not miss the rules of the Widow Douglas, he ....