How Does Huck Finn's Sound Heart Occur On The River

According to Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book of his where a sound heart meets a deformed a conscience. There is an ongoing debate, however, on where most of the examples of each of these take place. Many scholars are arguing that the examples of Huck Finn’s sound heart occur on the river while the examples of his deformed conscience occur on land. Those scholars are incorrect. The examples of Huck’s sound heart and the examples of his deformed conscience are not limited to a single place. Though most of the examples of Huck’s sound heart do occur on the river, some also occur on land. Furthermore, most of the examples of his deformed conscience occur on the river. An example of a sound heart would be anytime Huck goes against something, usually society, and does what we believe is right. Most of the examples of Huck’s sound heart do occur on the river. There were three notable ones: the two times Huck actually thought about turning Jim in but decided not to and the time he apologized to Jim after tricking him. However, not all of the examples of Huck’s sound heart occur on the river. …show more content…
One of them is when Huck returns to Jackson’s Island to warn Jim about his impending capture. While Huck returns to Jackson’s Island to warn Jim, for once he doesn’t think about the fact he’s helping a slave escape. Instead, he’s actually anxious at the fact that Jim might actually get caught. This is shown when Huck gets uneasy when the old lady said her husband was going to go looking for Jim soon on the Island (52) and when Huck rushes over to the island after leaving the said old lady’s house