Huckleberry Finn's Moral Development

In the novel The adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain(1884) the main character, Huckleberry Finn undergoes many difficult times as he continuously decides to go against his society's morals. Huck encounters a lot of adversity as he gets in many dilemmas while helping a black friend named Jim escape to freedom. During their time searching, they float down the Mississippi River. The river symbolizes freedom. On the river they go through more adventures than a normal human being would have in a lifetime. Huck knew that this goes against all of his society's beliefs but thinks it is the right thing to do. Once he leaves his society his adventures change him and his moral development begins to grow. When Huck was in his society it was …show more content…
In Huck's society that was not good, you are supposed to treat blacks like dirt and show no sympathy at all. Huck though feels different about what his society is saying. The reason Huck helped him was because he felt that they were going through similar situations, the need for freedom. Huck knew that with two people it would be a ton more smoother of a journey, maybe even a quicker one too. He viewed Jim as just another human being. For example at one point when they were on a raft a pair of white men came up to them questioning Huck for being with a black male. He had to lie and say that he had just caught him and is returning him back for money. Pre Civil War they had treated them like objects, not a human being that have a heart or feelings. That is huge for a child like Huck to understand that at such a young age. Kids are not supposed to be thinking of those types of things in childhood, Huck was different and he was fighting for freedom with another young kid, they had to grow up a bit if any of this is possible to