What Are The Mistakes In Huck Finn

When we talk about morality, we think about what is right and wrong or what is good and bad. It is something we develop as we grow up, although it is based on experiences, one can not say we know every secret on having a good life based on good decisions we have made. We all make mistakes and we learn from them. Even some of those mistakes we know we should not have done, but what is the point on experiencing life if we do not sometimes listen to our conscience. We run into moral issues in our everyday life. Should I really copy my friend's math homework? Should I tell my supervisor about the coffee incident or should I just blame someone else ? These mistakes are examples of using our moral conscience. Although these are nothing compared to what Huck had to battle about. He had to make important decisions …show more content…
He had good and bad influences in his life beginning with his father who was never there for him and would give him bad examples and yet he had people like the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson who only wanted what was best for him. He also had Jim who would be his friend but also the big brother at the same time. Then comes Tom Sawyer who Huck looked up to so much. Along the way he meet many people who would make him look at the world in a different perspective.
Although people was not the only thing that help Huck decide what was right and wrong. Friendship was a big factor. The best example in where Huck had debated on what he knew was the right thing to do but decided friendship and loyalty was the main one was when Jim was sold away by the dauphin and Huck was debating if he should write a letter to Miss Watson and tell her where Jim was. He knew that was a right thing to do but he decided Jim’s friendship to him was way more important and would even “go to hell” for saving Jim. From that point her knew Jim was an actually human and the property of someone