Huckleberry Finn Is Responsible For Making Moral Decisions Essay

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Christopher O’Donnell Mr. Martino English 11 4 January 2012 In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the main character Huck is responsible for making moral decisions. Huck lives in a town along the Mississippi River where he is brought up by a drunken father, who is a bad influence on Huck along with most of the people in his town. These influences don’t affect Huck’s decisions though, because throughout the novel Huck disregards them. He disregards them, and rightfully so because in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn all of the tough decisions that Huck makes are correct to the fullest extent. Huck is the type of person that doesn’t want to conform to society, but rather he wants to make the rules for himself, and he does just that by making the decision to leave his past life behind and adventure down the river to obtain his personal freedom. In the town two people try and guide Huck to a certain lifestyle. These two people are Pap and Widow…show more content…
Huck, the duke, and the dauphin all enter the Wilk’s house a few days after the death of Peter Wilks, and are greeted nicely since the family thinks that they are their uncles. They do this because they are trying to scheme money from the family. Huck thinks this is disgusting, and wonders what people have come to. He is annoyed at the duke and dauphin’s actions and he also feels bad for Mary Jane because she is upset. She’s upset because their slaves, all in the same family, have been split up. He finally cracks and tells her about the duke and dauphin’s plan, and helps save the money. By ratting out the duke and dauphin Huck shows us that he is sympathetic and that he doesn’t appreciate when people disrespect other people. He shows us his conscience is becoming more up to his age and that he can make better
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