HUckleberry Finn chp. 7-11

In chapters seven and eight, Huck proves his cleverness by running away and making it look like a murder. I noticed that he seems to be more clever when he is enviroment that is more "free" as he describes it. Even though he shows commen sence and street smarts when he lived with the widow he doesn't fully show his cleverness until he's living in the woods with his dad. This could be because when he lived with the widow and would sneak out with Tom and play hookie he needed commen sence, but when he was living with his dad and needed to escape he needed to be clever. He was using his survival skills and basically adapting to his life style which seems to be changing frequently and suddenly through out the book so far. The way he is able to adapt to different life styles make it obvious that Hucks background involved a lot of different life styles and inconsistencey. Hucks comfortability with living off the land, his uncomfortability with civilization and his ability to adapt to different enviroments as well as his ability to take of himself shows a lot about his past and how he devoloped as a child. It also shows that there is room for huck to devolope as a character. Hucks comfortability with living off the land and being on his own could mean that as the book goes on he will start to learn how to be around other people and take others rather than just himself.