How Outside Influences force Huckleberry Finn and Dave to Mature The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Man Who was Almost a Man are both bildungsromans. A bildungsroman is a story whose principal subject is the moral, psychological, and intellectual development of a usually youthful main character. In Huck Finn the main character, Huck, is placed in many situations that force him to develop his personal skills. These situations also teach Huck to listen to …
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…the most hands on influence over him, would not allow him to grow-up. She treated him like a child and he in turn acted like one. The outside Smith 5 influences on a person are all important even if they teach them a lesson the hard way. They should be listened to, but one can only hope that they have the smarts to pick out the good voices to follow and learn from the bad ones.