Morality is defined as “the principle concerning the distinction between right and wrong or good and bad behavior”. Since the beginning of literature, characters always seem to make a choice between good or bad to be able to distinguish them as a villain or as a hero. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character, Huck Finn comfort 's several circumstances that question him to make numerous choices of whether he should let the ideals of society shape him or whether he should let his moral make the decisions for him. These choices push Huck to be able to act on his judgement and foresee the expectations that society has taught him. Twain 's novel depicts the religious teachings and the values of southern society and
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In the scene with the fog Jim is very worried about Huck. They have been separated due to the dense fog but Huck returns to Jim while he is sleeping. He takes advantages of Jim and he convinces him that he has been with him the entire time and that he was just sleeping. Jim wakes up and says “Huck Finn, you look me in de eye. Hadn’t you been gone away?” (84). Huck soon then responds by saying “Gone away? Why, in what nation do you mean?” (84). By Huck taking advantage of Jim, it reveals that Huck is not mature since Jim is really worried about him. Huck does not emphasize for Jim and therefore makes him looks like a fool. Huck then realizes that he has hurt Jim and he then begins to have respect and he starts to listen to him, therefore trusting him. After Huck realizes he has done wrong, he apologizes to JIM “It made me feel so mean that I could almost kiss his foot to get him to take me back. I worked myself up to go humble to a nigger and I done it, and I warn’t even sorry for it neither” (86). Through this apology, it shows that Huck is beginning to value friendships. He pushes aside all the societal thoughts and realizes that he wants to have Jim as a friend. This is also a major milestone for Jim, because during this time period, whites would never apologize to blacks, the apology ensures …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel, Huck saw Jim as a slave and he had no respect or interest in him. Now, Huck sees Jim as an equal and they are both able to benefit from the friendship. “But somehow, I couldn’t seem to strike no places to harden me against him. Just like I seen how happy he was when he came out of the fog” (214). Although Huck was able to be “good” at the end of the novel. It does pose the question by Hemingway if Twain cheated on the novel since it ended by Huck changing into a romantic character like Tom Sawyer instead of continuing the realistic theme that has been there since the beginning. Though the use of this scene, Twain affirms that Huck has changed himself to be able to morally mature completely. Without being able to take Jim back, Huck would not have reached the level of “good” that was intended from the
In the scene with the fog Jim is very worried about Huck. They have been separated due to the dense fog but Huck returns to Jim while he is sleeping. He takes advantages of Jim and he convinces him that he has been with him the entire time and that he was just sleeping. Jim wakes up and says “Huck Finn, you look me in de eye. Hadn’t you been gone away?” (84). Huck soon then responds by saying “Gone away? Why, in what nation do you mean?” (84). By Huck taking advantage of Jim, it reveals that Huck is not mature since Jim is really worried about him. Huck does not emphasize for Jim and therefore makes him looks like a fool. Huck then realizes that he has hurt Jim and he then begins to have respect and he starts to listen to him, therefore trusting him. After Huck realizes he has done wrong, he apologizes to JIM “It made me feel so mean that I could almost kiss his foot to get him to take me back. I worked myself up to go humble to a nigger and I done it, and I warn’t even sorry for it neither” (86). Through this apology, it shows that Huck is beginning to value friendships. He pushes aside all the societal thoughts and realizes that he wants to have Jim as a friend. This is also a major milestone for Jim, because during this time period, whites would never apologize to blacks, the apology ensures …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel, Huck saw Jim as a slave and he had no respect or interest in him. Now, Huck sees Jim as an equal and they are both able to benefit from the friendship. “But somehow, I couldn’t seem to strike no places to harden me against him. Just like I seen how happy he was when he came out of the fog” (214). Although Huck was able to be “good” at the end of the novel. It does pose the question by Hemingway if Twain cheated on the novel since it ended by Huck changing into a romantic character like Tom Sawyer instead of continuing the realistic theme that has been there since the beginning. Though the use of this scene, Twain affirms that Huck has changed himself to be able to morally mature completely. Without being able to take Jim back, Huck would not have reached the level of “good” that was intended from the