In every person’s life, there comes a time where he/she must decide whether he/she wants to live by moral virtue or follow ignorant ideals set by society. In chapter 31 of Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, Huck finds himself finally breaking away from his society’s flawed racial ethics and embarking on a journey toward justice and fortitude. Twain uses the development of Huck up to this point in order to identify the conflicts of individual versus society, sentimentalism versus realism, and Huck's struggle between right and wrong, which are all resolved by the ending of this chapter. After finding out that the duke and the king made a fake handbill and turned in Jim for a $40 reward, Huck became overwhelmed with anger and guilt.
