Referring back to Kohlberg’s stage developments, through Huck’s experiences, moral …show more content…
As Levy describes, “freedom and bondage is psychological… impulses center Huck… shape his being… and elude his conformity towards society” (Levy, Society and Conscience in Huckleberry Finn). Huck is presented with many opportunities to rationalize his meager upbringing. Due to Huck’s lack of a role model, he considers himself to have been brought up only knowing to do wrong. But contrasting viewpoints within Huck are presented when he observes Jim living his life to the fullest even with his freedom and life in jeopardy. Knowing this dilemma, Huck chooses to ignore and refute any harmful thought against Jim and bases his judgment and feelings on the love and care he has for his dear friend. This choice that Huck makes demonstrates a level of morality in which he basis his beliefs on the love he has for Jim and the other people he has come across and helped. This stage in Huck’s moral development is described by Kohlberg to be the peak (stage 6) of Huck’s influx of his