Why Is Huck Finn Morally Acceptable

The novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain is about Huck Finn, a thirteen year old boy, learning his way through southern society in the 1830’s and 1840’s. When Mark Twain writes this book, he used special dialect for Huck’s speech to reflect the way children would talk and act towards society around him. The idea of racism was there at that time, but it was not looked down upon as a bad thing. Through Mark Twain’s writings, Huck Finn travels on adventures with Jim and shows his feelings through the way he talks. Because of the American Dream and beliefs in southern society during the 1830’s and 1840’s, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn convinces the audience to understand what Huck Finn believes during the 1830’s

Year after year The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is placed in the top ten banned books in America. People find the novel to be oppressing and racially insensitive due to its frequent use of the n-word and the portrayal of blacks as a Sambo caricature. However, this goes against Mark Twain’s intent of bringing awareness to the racism in America. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is classified under the genre of satire and is narrated by a fictional character named Huckleberry Finn. The novel takes place in the south during the year 1845. With his abusive father, and no mother, Huck is left feeling lonely, and as if he has place to call his home. So he decides to leave town, and on in his journey where he encounters a slave he’s familiar with, Jim, who is also running away. This story captures their relationship and growth as they face many obstacles on their way to freedom. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn satirizes people’s greed and violent behavior by mocking the stereotype of southern hospitality.

American author Mark Twain was one of the most influential people of his time. Twain is perhaps best known for his traditional classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a novel about an adventurous boy named Huck Finn as he traverses about on the Mississippi. Under first impressions, Huckleberry Finn would be considered nothing but a children’s tale at heart written by the highly creative Mark Twain. However one interprets it, one can undoubtedly presume that Twain included personal accounts within its pages, humorous and solemn opinions on the aspects of the diverse societies around him during his life. Throughout the entire story, Huck Finn would often come into conflict between choosing what was consciously right and what was morally

Something important I found when I read a little more about the novel, is that it was banned and censored in various parts of the world, but especially in the southern United States. The south was offended not only by the crudity, but realistic way Twain portrayed the pre-Civil War American society. Racism, slavery, superstition and morality are some of the most important topics of the novel. Here, Huckleberry Finn is portrayed as an outlaw, some kind of outsider who has grown in complete freedom and therefore a person who neither knows nor applies the rules of society. Huck is a person who does not distinguish what is right or wrong, but who is carried away by his particular way of understanding the world.

Instead of having to convince Tom, Huck is taken by surprise at Tom’s unexpected willingness to break the law on Jim’s behalf: “Well, I let go all holts then, like I was shot. It was the most astonishing speech I ever heard—and I’m bound to say Tom Sawyer fell considerable in my estimation. Only I couldn’t believe it. Tom Sawyer a nigger-stealer!” (page 411).

(Twain 218). Huck knew that he would be seen as a bad person for helping not only a black man but a runaway slave, that didn't stop him as he wanted to do what he felt was right because he felt that Jim was equal to him. Huck says “ FIND WHERE SAYS JIM WAS SAME AS WHITE INSIDE. Huck wanted to free his friend and do what he felt was right and he did not want let Jim down so he then went and stole Jim with Tom allowing him to be on the run

Society believed that black people should not have any rights, that they should be treated as objects. However, after spending a small amount of time with Jim, Huck has a gut feeling that society’s expectations are not morally acceptable. Morals are shaped off experiences, not influences. Despite the pressure brought upon by society, Huck’s morals are not influenced by those around him. He chose to protect Jim. When Huck was not surrounded by society’s influence, he was able to make the decision that he believed was morally correct. His open-mindedness allowed him to form the idea that Jim is just as much of a person as he is, even if that gets him in trouble. Twain believes morals are able to be shaped by experience as long as the person is open-minded. Huck, however, is one of the very few that are open-minded in society. Huck and Jim continued to stick together throughout the story until one night they were separated by fog. The fog did not clear up until the next morning and that is when Huck found Jim sleeping. He took it upon himself to wake Jim up and play a trick on him. However, Jim soon figured out that Huck was messing with him and accused him for “thinkin’ ‘bout was how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed”(85). Jim is a real human being with feelings. At first, Huck does

Twain uses Huck to make decisions based on this hypocritical slave-owning, Christian lifestyle. Huck must choose to either aid a runaway slave named Jim or return him to Miss Watson, while the white society of the South would expect Huck to return Jim to Miss Watson. Huck and Jim 's friendship makes this a significant decision because Huck is morally conflicted. Jim is his friend, but he is also the property of Miss Watson. An excerpt from Magill 's Survey of American Literature puts the situation in a right perspective exclaiming “Jim is property before he is man, and Huck is deeply troubled, surprisingly, by the thought that he is going to help Jim, not only because he sees it, in part, as a robbery, but more interestingly, because he sees his cooperation as a betrayal of his obligation to the

In the novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author, Mark Twain, exposes the hypocrisy and racism in society during that time. Huckleberry Finn is on a journey trying to escape the corrupt world hoping to find personal freedom. Huck experiences the bare evil of humanity which forces

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain takes place in nineteenth century America, starting in Missouri and traveling down the Mississippi River to Louisiana. During the nineteenth century, America witnessed vast changes to its culture and means of production, with the industrial revolution in full swing and a civil war that would tear the country apart. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s views on society and civilized people within the novel reflects the true nature of society in the real world as being broken and immoral. The motif of being civilized and proper conflicts with Huck’s morality and identity throughout the novel and demonstrates how those who are seen as less than others in society are more likely to

In the story Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, Huck Finn deals with many physical conflicts, but also many conflicts in his mind that forces him to battle himself. Huck finds himself in a situation where his escaped slave friend, Jim, needs saving. Huck then makes a decision that comes with lots of conflict between himself and the general standard. Mark Twain clearly illustrated that society and their accepted beliefs were unjust when it became apparent that a young boy could see through the societal norms he was raised on, and realize that the value of a human being was much greater and worth more than societal pressure, shown through Huck’s troubling attempt to pray, his selfless act of deciding Jim is more important than his own religious purity, and his realization of how great of a friend Jim is.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a one of a kind novel. The novel has been debated as controversial since it has been published in 1986. It has been considered racist, due to the “n” word. In its earlier days, racist people felt this book was a disgrace, because of the mingling of the two main characters. Among all of the negative comments, this book is truly a masterpiece. It is an unforgettable and enjoyable book for everyone to learn and scrutinize; it contains a multitude of literary devices that makes this American Novel a classic with a meaningful American Story. The major literary devices in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn include historical context, dialect, and autobiographic. The characterization of Huck and

Huck’s views regarding black people come into question when Huck and Jim run away together. Their experiences together let them become closer to each other and let Huck recognize Jim as a human being with real feelings. Huck starts to view Jim as a caring individual when they are on the raft. This is a scene taken from when Jim and Huck were working together on the raft and Jim was trying to protect them both from the rain, “Jim took up some of the top planks of the raft and built a snug wigwam to get under in blazing weather and rainy, and to keep the things dry. Jim made a floor for the wigwam, and raised it a foot or more above the level of the raft, so now the blankets and all the traps was out of reach of steamboat waves” (Twain, pg 64). In this part of the novel, Huck seems to be all Jim has, and Jim is also all Huck seems to have, and they work together to build a place that the waves cannot reach them. Their feeling of friendship is born through working together and protecting each other. Even though Huck and Jim are having new experiences together, Huck’s conscience is still going back and forth about the idea of freeing a slave. This quote is taken from when Huck

An issue of central importance to Huckleberry Finn is the issue of race. The story takes place in a time of slavery, when blacks were considered inferior to whites, sometimes to the point of being considered less than fully human. But Huckleberry Finn challenges the traditional notions of the time, through its narrator and main character, Huckleberry Finn. While in the beginning, Huck is as unaware of the incorrectness of society’s attitudes as the rest of society is, he undergoes many experiences which help him to form his own perspective of racial issues. Through the adventures and misadventures of Huck Finn and the slave Jim, Twain challenges the traditional societal views of race and

Mark Twain writes the main character, Huck Finn, to go through this dilemma of deciding between societal norms and what he think is right. When we start the book, we see that Huck is just beginning to question whether or not he should be complacent with accepting what society presents him. As the story goes on, however, Huck learns more