Why Is Huck Finn Noble

Is Huckleberry Finn actually noble or is he just a self-serving boy who happens to have a conscious? On numerous occasions Huck is ready to lie for the king and the duke at a moments notice, often without any regard for the people he harms. Huck even knew what the duke and the king were up to but he “never said nothing, of course” (161-162) This happens quite frequently, Huckleberry sees that something is amiss but he decides not to bring it up to anyone because it might be inconvenient for him.
Huck’s plans revolve around total cooperation and perfection from every corner of his operations. Huck has brilliant plans but whenever something goes wrong his entire procedure is derailed. This could be another reason why Huck neglects to tell anyone what he notices. He might have a master plan running in the background and bringing
His rationale was “this is a girl that I’m letting that old reptile rob her of her money”(175). Mary Jane helps him out so he thinks that it is only right to return the favor. However, he doesn’t tell her straight away because he thought, “Her face would give a hint”(176). He is afraid that telling Mary Jane will jeopardize his master plan so he doesn’t tell her until he absolutely needs to. Even when he does eventually tell her, he accidently tells her too much and he feels like the plan is falling out of his control. He manages to fix it but he is forced to improvise to make the plan work. Huck went through all of that trouble to formulate a plan, steal the money, and stash it somewhere just because a pretty girl helped him out. His plan was so intricate that he couldn’t tell all of the involved parties because it would ruin it. He established a scapegoat to take the blame without a second thought. Would Huck develop such an intricate plan and use others as the whipping boy if someone less attractive aided him in the same way, or is that just Huck’s