What Is The Moral Of Huckleberry Finn
Laws in our society are supposed to keep us safe and help us make good decisions, but what if those laws go against our moral judgements? Decisions are often based on what a person feels is right and what society deems to be correct. Laws help make the world feel safer, but they can also stop people from doing what they think is right. Making decisions based on morality can often have adverse effects, but making these decisions can help a person identify themselves and their own moral compass. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the main protagonist Huck is challenged with decisions that test his commitments to his morals and what society would like him to do. Huckleberry Finn is constantly dealing with his inner decision to
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Huck begins to write a letter to Tom about Jim, but then he decides that his friendship with Jim was worth more than his needs. “I thought till I wore my head sore, but I couldn’t see no way out of the trouble. After all this long journey, and after all we’d done for them scoundrels, here was it all come to nothing, everything all busted up and ruined, because they could have the heart to serve Jim such a trick as that, and make him a slave again all his life, and amongst strangers, too, for forty dirty dollars.” (298) This quote shows how much Huck truly cared about Jim. He feels contrite and realizes that the way they treated him was wrong. The reader starts to understand the true effect Jim had on Huck and how he changes his opinions on right and wrong. “The more I studied about this the more my conscience went to grinding me, and the more wicked and low-down and ornery I got to feeling.” (299) When Huck had to decide if he should tell Tom about Jim he had to make a moral decision that affected someone’s life. Huck felt sick because he knew that if he did this he would be betraying Jim and his conscience. Huck decided that he had to make the decision that felt right for him.“It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right, then, I’ll go to hell”- and tore it up.” In this quote Huck pushes aside societal beliefs and makes a decision based on his own opinions. Huck realizes that his friendship and moral beliefs matter more to him than anything else. He reaches a new level of maturity and growth, which allows him to see and understand his own opinions. During the story Huck begins to understand himself and the world around him through other people and his
Huck begins to write a letter to Tom about Jim, but then he decides that his friendship with Jim was worth more than his needs. “I thought till I wore my head sore, but I couldn’t see no way out of the trouble. After all this long journey, and after all we’d done for them scoundrels, here was it all come to nothing, everything all busted up and ruined, because they could have the heart to serve Jim such a trick as that, and make him a slave again all his life, and amongst strangers, too, for forty dirty dollars.” (298) This quote shows how much Huck truly cared about Jim. He feels contrite and realizes that the way they treated him was wrong. The reader starts to understand the true effect Jim had on Huck and how he changes his opinions on right and wrong. “The more I studied about this the more my conscience went to grinding me, and the more wicked and low-down and ornery I got to feeling.” (299) When Huck had to decide if he should tell Tom about Jim he had to make a moral decision that affected someone’s life. Huck felt sick because he knew that if he did this he would be betraying Jim and his conscience. Huck decided that he had to make the decision that felt right for him.“It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right, then, I’ll go to hell”- and tore it up.” In this quote Huck pushes aside societal beliefs and makes a decision based on his own opinions. Huck realizes that his friendship and moral beliefs matter more to him than anything else. He reaches a new level of maturity and growth, which allows him to see and understand his own opinions. During the story Huck begins to understand himself and the world around him through other people and his