Morality In Huckleberry Finn

In the classic novel, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” growing up in a time, where along with society, Huck has been taught that slavery is not only acceptable, but also a practice that should be preached. Mark Twain makes his hidden message clear to the reader of the intense issues the South is dealing with. The one thing that Huck Finn was taught that slaves were pieces of property and worthless. Huck does something in the novel that no one else appeared to do; he had a moral debate between his conscience and social ethics. In the beginning, we can tell Huck Finn is different from most, he epitomizes independence and living the way he wants. When he starts living with Widow Douglas, she said she was going to “sivilize” him. Huck prefers
When Huck accidentally sees Jim at Jackson’s Island, he is surprisingly happy to see him. Later on, he plays a bad trick on Jim by placing a dead rattlesnake under Jim’s blanket. He is expecting that good old Jim, will act like any other foolish, black person. What Huck doesn’t realize is that Jim is not like a stereotypical black person and Jim ends up getting bit by the snake because of it. This scene shows Huck’s immaturity but when Jim has to drink whiskey in order to numb the pain of his swollen ankle; this shows the very first of Huck genuinely caring for Jim. Which is significant because if society believes that blacks are not human beings then why would they care, which shows that Huck is breaking away from society’s values. This first scene shows Huck Finn’s stereotypical thoughts that slavery is a way of life and racism at the beginning of the novel. However, throughout the novel, Huck grows close to Jim. Jim showed him how a true father should be to their son, and what love really is. Huck soon realizes that Jim is a human being and not just a slave. This theory challenges Huck’s
Confederate patriotism is strong there. When Jim is sold into slavery by the king. Huck has contradictory thoughts on whether or not he should help Jim out because of the sole purpose that he doesn’t want to be known as the person who helped a “slave” get free. Huck ironically out of all things pray for the fact that he ran away with a slave. This shows the conflicting systems of morality, because of his upbringing, he battles his conscience and society. When he ends up doing the right thing and listens to his heart, this reveal to Huck that Jim is a human being, not society ignorant view of black