Huckleberry Finn Observations

Huckleberry Finn recognizes Jim as a human being, but is fighting the beliefs bestowed upon him by a society that believes slaves should not be free. However, it is important to realize that although Huckleberry Finn's decisions create the conflict between society and himself (and that this conflict forms the theme of the novel), Huck is oblivious to the justice, the righteousness, and even the heroism of his own actions, they are simply in accordance with his own conscience.

In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the protagonist, Huck Finn, witnesses the flawed society of 1883. Huck meets Jim, an african-american slave, and they run away together to escape Huck’s abusive father and haunting past. Huck’s morals tend to be whatever is easiest for him, and how he could get around doing hard tasks. Huck may seem as though he is fixed on his own ideas but as the reader goes through Huck’s adventure they learn that his morals change. Although, at the beginning of the novel Huck’s morals tend to be self-centered, ultimately his morals have changed because he puts JIm before himself and realizes the wrongdoing of others.

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In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the character, Huck Finn, struggles with what he thinks is right and what society thinks is right. On a journey to freedom, the boy tended to go back and forth fighting with his conscience until he went with what he thought was right. Huck was faced with difficult decisions that tested his beliefs and where his loyalties lied. As Huck continued freely down the river, he matured and learned that other people didn't have to tell him what to believe. Not only did he have his conscience to lead the way, he also had a caring runaway slave to guide him.

In the novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, Mark Twain writes about Huck and the adventures his faces as he travels down the Mississippi River, along with his companion Jim. Throughout the story, Huck experiences obstacles that make him question society’s perspective and morals. As Huck spends more and more time with Jim, their friendship grow and Huck begins to see Jim as more than just a companion but a close friend. This causes Huck to challenge the morality behind slavery and ultimately decides to guide Jim to freedom. At this point in time, Huck has had an realization and decides to make his own path with his own beliefs and standards separating himself from society.

• Dauphin then later stay at Wilks house. • “So I held on till all the late sounds had quit and the early ones hadn’t begun yet; and then slipped down the ladder”(Twain 160) • Huckleberry hid the money in the lid of the dead man. • The money then is dug up with the corpse inside. • At the end of the chapter huckleberry blame the slaves for the disappearance of the money. • “These uncles of yours ain’t no uncles; they’re a couple of frauds- regular deadbeats”(Twain 168) •

Despite Huck’s initial intention to write to Tom Sawyer convey him of Jim’s location; therefore allowing Miss Watson to retrieve her “property”, Huck decides to follow his increasing sense of his conscience. Huck does expresses some worries that are selfish, such as the shame and isolation he would experience if anyone found out that he followed his moral compass and helped Jim reach freedom. Although Huck questions his conscience with these selfish thoughts, Huck worries equally as much for Jim in the fact that he may be condemned a slave forever. Huck decides to follow his moral compass and plans to free Jim from his confinement. This experience proves that Huck doesn’t follow the rules of society, but rather follows what he knows is the right thing to

Mohandas Gandhi once said, “Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.” However, it may not hold true in Twain’s novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In the novel, the protagonist Huck Finn’s morality and perception of others is shaped by the society he lives in, demonstrating that an individual’s morality or the epistemological sense of right and wrong can be largely influenced by society and the living environment. Yet despite strong traditions of the 19th century south, Huck is able to live away from the “civilized” world, leaving behind his hometown and travelling down the Mississippi river with Jim, a runaway slave. Huck’s unusual experiences with Jim contrast with his predetermined notions of race and power in the midst of the Jim Crow Era, thrusting Huck into a great crisis of morality dictated by his consciousness instead of his intellect. Through Huck’s journey in the search of morality, Twain conveys the theme that that morality is dictated by society, despite the goodness of an individual’s consciousness, it is difficult for and individual to intellectually challenge societal paradigms.

Huck’s Choice: Right vs Wrong In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck, a young boy from Missouri, embarks on a journey down the Mississippi River with an escaped black slave, Jim, to free himself of an alcoholic father and judgemental, civilized society of the early 1800s. Huck has a developing moral compass and does not think much of what is right and wrong at the start of the novel. Throughout his journey with Jim, Huck experiences many difficult situations where he must choose what he believes is the morally correct option versus societal expectations, thus reinforcing the purity of what Mark Twain called a “deformed conscience.”

Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful novel, which tells a story about a boy, named Huckleberry Finn, who fakes his death to escape his abusive father. The boy escapes down a river in a lost canoe and hides on an island. On the island Huck meets Jim, a kind runaway slave. The two decide to hide together, and encounter many exciting and dangerous adventures on their travel down river. It is on this travel down the river Huck encounters thieves, conmen, feuding families, and death. Throughout the book Huck struggles with the concept of morality. He is often conflicted between what he believes is right and wrong, and mostly chooses the “wrong” path when making decisions. What I find to be really interesting

Having been born in a predominantly southern value based environment, Huck Finn grows up accepting the idea of slavery being a vital and ordinary establishment. It was how the southern culture worked and it took a whole war to change that mindset. Huck was torn between the cultural influences that he was raised on and his inner personal morals. Even with the southern culture he found his conscience telling him otherwise. Miss Watson and the Widow try to give Huck a proper education, and teach him manners of a civilized person. When all of the drama and influence drive Huck to confusion he decides running away before his father beats him to death is how to conquer the situation. These events cause Huck to only trust his personal judgement which affects the decisions he makes throughout the rest of the book. Somehow Huck looks past the threats of aiding a runaway slave and decides to help and even become friends with him. Helping Jim is a much larger deal than the author, Mark Twain, makes it out to be. It was not only against the law but also against southerners morals to help a

In the novel, Jim, a runaway slave, and Huckleberry (Huck) Finn, the protagonist, go on an exciting and eventful journey down the Mississippi River. Throughout the course of the novel, Huck and Jim have an interesting dynamic, and Huck is forced to confront mixed feelings towards society’s beliefs on slavery and racism. Towards the beginning of their journey, Huck begins to feel confused as to whether or not helping Jim escape to find his family is morally right. Eventually, Huck comes close to sending a letter to Miss Watson, the slave owner of Jim, in regards to Jim’s whereabouts, but he is unsure if he is doing the socially acceptable act or betraying Jim.

Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck, the main character, faces a great number of moral debates; Huck must decide if he truly believes slavery is wrong, and what to do with his runaway slave friend Jim. In order for a person to develop morally, he or she must not only do the right thing but also learn something new about his or her beliefs and come to their own conclusions. Huck does things that are considered the morally good, but Huck does not realize slaves as a whole are human, he regresses to his former self when with Tom, and Huck fails to see he is doing the right thing. While Huck makes some moral choices, his morals themselves do not develop.

The moral code of individuals shape their personality and contribute to the thoughts of people in society. Twain uses Jim to signify the journey Huck takes regarding his ethical values: “People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum—but that don't make no difference” (Twain 43). Twain shows how Jim’s relationship to Huck makes him question what society teaches him about the lower class. When individuals encounter issues that question their ethical values, the result reassures their moral code. The decisions that people make happen for a reason. Therefore, every decision that individuals make reflect their principles. Additionally, in “Huck, Jim, and American Racial Discourse,” David Smith examines the topic of Jim’s role through the effects he has on Huck. As a moral figure, Jim allows Huck to develop his ethical values while using his own

Morality has always been defined as having either a good or evil conscious. There is always a choice that a character makes that defines their moral integrity in a literary work and distinguishes them as the hero. In Mark Twain’s story, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, not only does Huck encounters a number of moral circumstances where he or other characters displays situations in which moral ethics is called to questioned, but it proves that despite the religious influence and social expectation, it is through Huck that in order to do what is morally right, one must challenge the moral teaching of the world. Through observation of his world, Huck makes morally ambiguous choices that though may be against his moral teachings. Choice