He had written a letter to Miss Watson about Jim's whereabouts in order to absolve his guilt of rejecting society's ideals about black people when he first decided to help Jim escape. During this time, he uses both the social and religious beliefs taught to him by white society in order to make the correct decision. He prays to God, but achieves no answers. His taught beliefs don't satisfy him. It is at this point where Huck starts to question his learned values. "I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things" is Huck's way of choosing between what society had taught him and what his experiences with Jim had taught
He had written a letter to Miss Watson about Jim's whereabouts in order to absolve his guilt of rejecting society's ideals about black people when he first decided to help Jim escape. During this time, he uses both the social and religious beliefs taught to him by white society in order to make the correct decision. He prays to God, but achieves no answers. His taught beliefs don't satisfy him. It is at this point where Huck starts to question his learned values. "I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things" is Huck's way of choosing between what society had taught him and what his experiences with Jim had taught