Huckleberry Finn, chapters 16-18

In chapters 16 through 18, we see how drastic of a difference it is to live in a home like the grangerfords. Huck begins to adjust to this lifestyle after he discovers how rough it has been with Jim, but you can start to see that even being "pampered" in such a way, he still seems tto be undecided about what he truly wants to do. He does a great job at covering up his true identity and making up an entire seperate life. The Grangerfords seem to bring him in just as one of their own and treat him as if he were a part of the family. They may be nice people, but something does not seem right. The way they treat their slaves and this "fued" of theirs make me think that there is something that Huck does not know and that they could be swaying him into trouble. I could be wrong, but from the beginning, their just seems to be hidden secrets in the way that they carry themselves and do not often say too much. I think that Huck developed such a friendship with Jim that he is having a difficult time leaving him, and that when he sees him, he feels like he wants to keep him protected, and seeing him brings such relief to Huck. I think that if Huck decides to stay with the Grangerfords, he will start to see Jim as a slave rather than a friend and that he will eventually have troubles keeping up with his lies and that if the Grangerfords were to find out he lied, that they would not have a good reaction. If he were to fix up the raft and run off with Jim, i think that he will miss being waited on, but being with Jim could be good for him, because he would have to make the life for himself that he originally planned on doing. I think that Huck has a lot of growing up to do, and being with the Grangerfords will just make that harder for him to do, and it may not even happen.