ReSpOnSe to HuCkFiNn PoSt

One thing that really stood out to me in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, especially in the beginning of the book, was Huck's obsession with wealth and material possessions. But you can't ignore the fact that he "sold" the judge his six thougsand dollars for just one dollar. You've got to to deal with that. While Huck seems to understand the problem with being caught up in money and possessions, he subconsciously replicates this pattern? That could be your take on this. This suggests that it's impossible to remain untainted by consumerism and the desire for goods. There are two sections in the book where Huck lists absolutely every single thing that he just got or has at the moment. It goes on and on for nearly a half a page. This shows how Huck is really focused on wealth. At this time, if you had money, you had the power. To Huck, a scared young boy, power is something he wants because it means security to him. So then what you'd do with this is you'd show the part where you see him feeling powerful. The evidence you'd cite would be evidence that in these goods is his security. By him listing off every single thing, I believe it is reassuring himself that everything will be okay, it is like a coping method. He knows that he has things which means, to him at least, that he has power and power alot of the time can mean security. The people with the power at this time did not have to worry about things, they were secure and were happy with the way their life is, which is something that Huck wants alot. You're making a different kind of move here. Huck had a hard life, he did not really have a family and he was absolutely terrified of his father. One thing that I think every person wants is security, to not have to worry about things. Huck has never really had security with his life being up and down and never really knowing what is going to happen. By listing things that he has, it is telling himself, Okay I have these things, I have possessions, People with things have power, I have some power, I will be alright. It is also interesting to see when you compare the Huck at the beginning of the book to the how he is at the end of the book. Towards the end of the book, he cares less and less about possessions and more about Jim and the people who he starts to care about. It shows how Huck changes as a person completely, how his priorites are completely different. Even when the Duke and the King come into the story, Huck is disgusting at how they scam people and fool with good people. At the beginning of the book Huck would have been all for scamming people because it would be an adventure. All of these things show how Huck is a dynamic person and how much he has changed. Your "so what" here at the end needs to be stronger. No one would debate that Huck changes throughout the book, but you're onto something far more interesting about how Huck changes. Basically, you're saying he changes from someone who takes comfort in possessions and seems to define his security by these possessions to someone who has learned to make real connections with other humans. If you decide to write about this, you might be interested in a pyschological model called Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Basically, you could argue that Huck becomes stuck in the lower levels because of the abuse he suffers, but then, he moves to a higher level...because of Jim? I don't know if that's quite where you want to go, but the model would certainly help you fit these disparate pieces together. If you're interested, let me know.
Either way, when you go to write this essay, make sure you are using specific evidence and reading it closely, not to summarize the evidence, but to show us something we might not have otherwise seen in that evidence.