In the novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain, the main character Huck grows as the story progresses, his strengths build up more and more without his even noticing it. He has strong character from the beginning of the story, and with the adventures and everything that occurs to him he grows not physically but intellectually. Living in the South during this time is hard for a white teenager; he has to go through all the racism around him, society being all messed up and not growing up with a family. Huck grows as a character, with his showing of equality towards African Americans, with his surviving an abuse father, and his befriending Jim.

During this time period many people felt that whites were superior towards the African American race especially in the South. This plays with the minds of a young white teen, like Huck...