As humans grow older, they become smarter, learn to find their place in their world, and discover the basis of their beliefs. These three things occur when a person looks to the physical, cultural, and geographic environment to shape their psychological or moral traits. In Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck did just that. He was shaped by his journey along the Mississippi River, his good friend Jim, the uncouth Miss Watson, and his father "Pap", these surrounding aspects help illuminate the meaning of the play as a whole, developing Huck into the person he was at that moment. at the end of the novel. The Mississippi River, the main setting of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was where Huck discovered his own logic. The Mississippi River was calm and gentle. Huck especially liked it because it was away from society. “No noise, anywhere, perfectly still, just as if the whole world was sleeping, except sometimes maybe the bullfrogs cackle.” (Two 108). Traveling on the river, Huck met some unlikely companions who taught him lessons about life. The first is when they meet the two robbers on Walter Scott's board, Huck and Finn who don't expect to see them there. They escape by jumping into the thieves' boat and driving away as quietly as possible. When they are six hundred yards away, Huck feels guilty for the thieves who were stranded on the ship. It is an important aspect of Huck's character development because it shows that even though the robbers were bad men who did not deserve his sympathy, they were also people in need of help. So send them help. Huck reaches the point on the river where he meets the Grangerford family, pleasant and respectable people. However, ... middle of the paper ... at the end of the book Huck also feels compassion for people who don't deserve it. He witnesses the duke and king being tarred and feathered. Despite the fact that these men played tricks on him, Huck still feels pity for them. “It was a terrible thing to see. Human beings can be terribly cruel to each other." (208) Mark Twain essentially asks the reader to examine their own set of beliefs and decide which ones they actually believe and which ones should be abandoned just as Huck did with Miss Watson's beliefs and Pap's beliefs. Huck's psychological and moral traits are shaped by the cultural, physical, and geographic environment in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck has learned to take what he knows from society and apply it to his own set of values ​​and moral code. Now he can distinguish good, bad, right, wrong, threat and friend.