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At the beginning of the story Huck lives a troubled and disorganized life style under the rule of his abusive father. Changes in Huck’s personality begin to appear when he moves into the home of the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson where he is demanded to drop his primitive habits and leave behind his independence to reform to routine. Huck is unable to make the transition and leaves with Jim. Huck’s choice to …

…ways stronger, becoming very independent and basing his acts solely on his own opinion. The more Huck gets to know Jim the more he wants him to succeed. By the end of the story Huck is much more mature and well traveled. Although he still shows minor and excusable ignorance in the areas of common sense and education, Huck develops as a person and learns to trust himself and ignore society with out any guilt.