In case you wondered …

… Is Huckleberry Finn's ending really lacking? Not if you're talking psychology. - Literally Psyched - Scientific American Blog Network. (Hat tip, Rus Bowden.)

… psychologically, Huck’s about-face couldn’t be more sound. Twain might have offended on other accounts, but there is one thing he got right: not only could Huck fall back to old ways at the tip of a hat—or the arrival of a Tom Sawyer, as the case may be—but he most likely would do so if he were a flesh-and-blood twelve year old fresh off a rafting adventure.