How Huck Matures

We, as Americans, have trouble with our "identity". We go through life trying to find who we are. Now, not all of us, but it would be correct to say a lot of Americans are lost. Not lost like they can't find their home, but mentally lost. Many people are trying to find their true self and "identity''. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a great book about just this. Many Americans can …

…because it completely ignores how much Huck has changed and matured. It concentrates on Tom's games and turns Huck around again. Throughout the novel Huck was searching for himself, and just as he found himself, he ignores himself and becomes a follower again. He then goes back with his aunt and plans on being "civilized", which he doesn't like. Huck takes a journey through life in a big circle. This novel ends with the beginning.