In the 1800s, racial discrimination was normal for society. People who saw African
Americans as unequals and slaves were part of the normal society. Anyone who saw African
Americans as equal were consider abnormal. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character is challenged between the normal society and his conscience. Huck is challenge by society and his conscience when he writes the letter to Miss Watson and his voice towards Jim.
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain presents Huckleberry Finn with the conflict between following society or his own conscience through racial discrimination. Huckleberry Finn has been raised to look down on slaves. Huck battles with his conscience and society throughout the book …show more content…
During the scene where Huck writes the letter, he battles turning Jim back into slavery because that was what the society would do. After he wrote the letter, he "felt good and all washed clean of a sin"(213). This thought was from the normal society's view but Huck's conscience told him that was wrong and he tore up the letter and would
"work and steal Jim out of slavery"(214). The conflict in Huck between society and his own conscience is presented by the tone of voice Huck has towards Jim. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, word "nigger" is used over two hundred times. At the beginning of the novel, Huck presents Jim as "Miss Watson's big nigger"(4) and uses discriminating words towards him. Huck also voices Jim as an object and does not present Jim as an equal. As the novel gets towards the end, Huck's conscience starts to see Jim as an equal and states that he was Jim's "best friend" and "the only one he's got"(214).
Huck states that Jim was a "free man and we done it all by ourselves"(288). When he states that,
Huck's voice is happy and is pleasured that he helped Jim become free. Also it shows his own conscience choosing to the right thing instead of doing what society thinks is
Americans as unequals and slaves were part of the normal society. Anyone who saw African
Americans as equal were consider abnormal. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character is challenged between the normal society and his conscience. Huck is challenge by society and his conscience when he writes the letter to Miss Watson and his voice towards Jim.
In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain presents Huckleberry Finn with the conflict between following society or his own conscience through racial discrimination. Huckleberry Finn has been raised to look down on slaves. Huck battles with his conscience and society throughout the book …show more content…
During the scene where Huck writes the letter, he battles turning Jim back into slavery because that was what the society would do. After he wrote the letter, he "felt good and all washed clean of a sin"(213). This thought was from the normal society's view but Huck's conscience told him that was wrong and he tore up the letter and would
"work and steal Jim out of slavery"(214). The conflict in Huck between society and his own conscience is presented by the tone of voice Huck has towards Jim. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, word "nigger" is used over two hundred times. At the beginning of the novel, Huck presents Jim as "Miss Watson's big nigger"(4) and uses discriminating words towards him. Huck also voices Jim as an object and does not present Jim as an equal. As the novel gets towards the end, Huck's conscience starts to see Jim as an equal and states that he was Jim's "best friend" and "the only one he's got"(214).
Huck states that Jim was a "free man and we done it all by ourselves"(288). When he states that,
Huck's voice is happy and is pleasured that he helped Jim become free. Also it shows his own conscience choosing to the right thing instead of doing what society thinks is