Due to the southern norm, and having been raised in the south, is what influences Huck’s moral compass.An example of this is when Jim begins to tell Huck what he will due once he gets his freedom, Huck has a inner turmoil, and begins to question whether he is doing is the right thing. As Huck States “ I begun to get it through my head that he WAS most free—and who was to blame for it? Why, ME. I couldn't get that out of my conscience, no how nor no way” (Twain 94). It is only when Jim starts talking about his freedom makes Huck , afraid that he will be abandoned, revert to the southern way of thinking. However, at the same time Huck goes against the southern way of life in many ways as he goes against what the Widow Douglas tries to teach him. This way of thinking is what helps him change what he was taught, and continue his journey with Jim rather than being subjugated to
Due to the southern norm, and having been raised in the south, is what influences Huck’s moral compass.An example of this is when Jim begins to tell Huck what he will due once he gets his freedom, Huck has a inner turmoil, and begins to question whether he is doing is the right thing. As Huck States “ I begun to get it through my head that he WAS most free—and who was to blame for it? Why, ME. I couldn't get that out of my conscience, no how nor no way” (Twain 94). It is only when Jim starts talking about his freedom makes Huck , afraid that he will be abandoned, revert to the southern way of thinking. However, at the same time Huck goes against the southern way of life in many ways as he goes against what the Widow Douglas tries to teach him. This way of thinking is what helps him change what he was taught, and continue his journey with Jim rather than being subjugated to