Twain’s use of conflict reflects Huck’s self-discovery as he is learning from difficulties that he has to overcome as exemplified when he writes the letter to Miss Watson and The widow Douglas about where Jim is, and then he tears it up to show that he has learned that it benefits others to not follow the ways of society. Huck asks a boy if he knew anything about what had happened to the man that was on the raft, and based on the boy’s description, Huck knew that the man was the dauphin taking Jim to sell him. So, Huck decided to write a letter to Miss Watson to tell her about Jim. Huck expresses that “So I was full of trouble, full as I could be; and didn’t know what to do. At last I had an idea; and I says, I’ll go and write the letter--and
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Through this difficult time for Huck, it allowed him to learn that the world looks down on anyone who tries to help a slave and will pay for what they have done for the slave because slaves are treated as property and not as human beings in society’s eyes. Not only did Huck realize he was full of trouble, but also he decides to accept his fate for helping Jim and rips up the letter. Huck realizes that his predicament is all just a punishment from God for his sin of helping Jim. He sat and thought hard about his options, but ultimately went for the option that allowed him to save Jim from slavery once more due to their close knit relationship between Huck and Jim. Huck described that he “took it up, and held it in my hand...I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things...I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right then, I’ll go to hell’—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said”(214). Huck’s solution to his conflict is to go ahead and help Jim even though he has done wrong in the ways of not conforming to society, and accepts his fate, and helps Jim because it is what Huck believes is right. Huck’s self-discovery is teaching him that it isn’t always the best idea to follow society, because society isn’t always right for everything the world has to throw at
Through this difficult time for Huck, it allowed him to learn that the world looks down on anyone who tries to help a slave and will pay for what they have done for the slave because slaves are treated as property and not as human beings in society’s eyes. Not only did Huck realize he was full of trouble, but also he decides to accept his fate for helping Jim and rips up the letter. Huck realizes that his predicament is all just a punishment from God for his sin of helping Jim. He sat and thought hard about his options, but ultimately went for the option that allowed him to save Jim from slavery once more due to their close knit relationship between Huck and Jim. Huck described that he “took it up, and held it in my hand...I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things...I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right then, I’ll go to hell’—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said”(214). Huck’s solution to his conflict is to go ahead and help Jim even though he has done wrong in the ways of not conforming to society, and accepts his fate, and helps Jim because it is what Huck believes is right. Huck’s self-discovery is teaching him that it isn’t always the best idea to follow society, because society isn’t always right for everything the world has to throw at