In the story Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, despite the white, closed minded society that Huck grew up in, he ultimately discovered his morality throughout his journey with Pap, Jim, and the duke / king, by lying, learning from his mistakes, and figuring out how to truly care for other people.
To start off, the main character, Huckleberry Finn, grew up into his teen years surrounded by a white society, and an abusive father, that had very negative, racist thoughts about people of color. However, from the beginning of the novel Huck had some noticeable differences compared to the other people in his life, “I liked the old ways best, but I was getting so I like the new ones, too, a little bit,” (page 15). He was more accepting …show more content…
Huck’s fake death was a metaphor for for his old life dying, which leads to rebirth, new ways of life, and change. Which, was the ultimate beginning to Huck’s morality. Since Huck was then separated from Pap, he had the opportunity to become an individual, and not be blinded by the way the white society thinks. Next, when Huck is with Jim, who is a slave, they come across a dead body, “It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked too. He’s ben shot in de back. I reck’n he’s ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face -- it’s too gashly,” (page 50). Jim was acting like a father to Huck, to teach compassion and how to care for others, which is what a father should do. Especially since Huck needs someone to look up to so that his morals develop for the better. Also, Huck found safety in the raft that him and Jim lived on. He was safe knowing that nobody was around to find them, so he isolated himself from society. Knowing that, maybe people have to eventually isolate themselves to find out who they are as an individual. Also, as Huck was with Jim more and more, he …show more content…
Lastly, Huck had some moral weaknesses and downfalls, however that ultimately led to his moral climax. On page 75 Huck was with a wealthy man that needed help, and Huck was going to help only because he wanted something in return. So, his intentions were not to solely help, but to get money or something valuable for himself. This leads into the moment that Huck lied to Jim, which showed a definite weakness within Huck. Huck and Jim were on rafts, and they became separated because of fog. When Huck finally found Jim again, he lied to Jim by saying that Jim was just dreaming and that nothing happened. After that situation, Huck apologized, but it took him fifteen minutes, “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a n-word -- but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither,” (page 87). This shows that Huck’s morals hadn’t completely changed, however is Huck to blame or is the society he grew up in to blame? People’s
To start off, the main character, Huckleberry Finn, grew up into his teen years surrounded by a white society, and an abusive father, that had very negative, racist thoughts about people of color. However, from the beginning of the novel Huck had some noticeable differences compared to the other people in his life, “I liked the old ways best, but I was getting so I like the new ones, too, a little bit,” (page 15). He was more accepting …show more content…
Huck’s fake death was a metaphor for for his old life dying, which leads to rebirth, new ways of life, and change. Which, was the ultimate beginning to Huck’s morality. Since Huck was then separated from Pap, he had the opportunity to become an individual, and not be blinded by the way the white society thinks. Next, when Huck is with Jim, who is a slave, they come across a dead body, “It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked too. He’s ben shot in de back. I reck’n he’s ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face -- it’s too gashly,” (page 50). Jim was acting like a father to Huck, to teach compassion and how to care for others, which is what a father should do. Especially since Huck needs someone to look up to so that his morals develop for the better. Also, Huck found safety in the raft that him and Jim lived on. He was safe knowing that nobody was around to find them, so he isolated himself from society. Knowing that, maybe people have to eventually isolate themselves to find out who they are as an individual. Also, as Huck was with Jim more and more, he …show more content…
Lastly, Huck had some moral weaknesses and downfalls, however that ultimately led to his moral climax. On page 75 Huck was with a wealthy man that needed help, and Huck was going to help only because he wanted something in return. So, his intentions were not to solely help, but to get money or something valuable for himself. This leads into the moment that Huck lied to Jim, which showed a definite weakness within Huck. Huck and Jim were on rafts, and they became separated because of fog. When Huck finally found Jim again, he lied to Jim by saying that Jim was just dreaming and that nothing happened. After that situation, Huck apologized, but it took him fifteen minutes, “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a n-word -- but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither,” (page 87). This shows that Huck’s morals hadn’t completely changed, however is Huck to blame or is the society he grew up in to blame? People’s