What forms a morality? Is it something that is just there or maybe it’s something that forms over time? Who determines whether something is right or wrong? All these are great questions for morality (which by the way is a vague topic). Morality is a very strange concept, and honestly it’s very difficult to find the correct answer for any of the above questions. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, morality is questioned quite a bit. The story takes place in the 1800’s around the time of the civil war. After running away from his home, Huck takes on society’s views of life. Huck is on an adventure that teaches him about morality and what actually might be wrong with society through the actions of the people he meets and himself.
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I feel these two characters really make Huck question if it is right or not to lie. He lies for a while (even before and after meeting them), but these character gets his conscience thinking about it more and more. The con artist are referred to as “duke” and “king” because that is what they told Huck they were, Huck can tell they are lying though. They have Huck help with a lot of charades to fool people out of money and every time Huck doesn’t know if it is right or not. One time they said they were going to make a change (they didn’t), then they put on a fake show to con people out of money, but finally when they try to take advantage of three girls whose uncle just passed away, Huck sees how wrong it is to lie. Before he doesn’t see how lies affect people, but this time he sees these girls getting money left solely for them and the pain that would be forced upon them. A line that shows that Huck is starting to seeing how bad lies are is when he sees Mary (one of the nieces) crying, “It made my heart sick to see them being lied to again.” Before this, Huck didn’t see much wrong with lying because it was always in a way to benefit him on his journey. Sure he has question himself before, asking whether or not it was right for him to lie. This quote though shows that Huck has learned the lesson that I mentioned earlier about how lying can be wrong by portraying Huck’s disgust towards the situation that was occurring and what happened to lead to the con artist to steal the money (them
I feel these two characters really make Huck question if it is right or not to lie. He lies for a while (even before and after meeting them), but these character gets his conscience thinking about it more and more. The con artist are referred to as “duke” and “king” because that is what they told Huck they were, Huck can tell they are lying though. They have Huck help with a lot of charades to fool people out of money and every time Huck doesn’t know if it is right or not. One time they said they were going to make a change (they didn’t), then they put on a fake show to con people out of money, but finally when they try to take advantage of three girls whose uncle just passed away, Huck sees how wrong it is to lie. Before he doesn’t see how lies affect people, but this time he sees these girls getting money left solely for them and the pain that would be forced upon them. A line that shows that Huck is starting to seeing how bad lies are is when he sees Mary (one of the nieces) crying, “It made my heart sick to see them being lied to again.” Before this, Huck didn’t see much wrong with lying because it was always in a way to benefit him on his journey. Sure he has question himself before, asking whether or not it was right for him to lie. This quote though shows that Huck has learned the lesson that I mentioned earlier about how lying can be wrong by portraying Huck’s disgust towards the situation that was occurring and what happened to lead to the con artist to steal the money (them