The Integrity and Strength of Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberr

The Integrity and Strength of Huckleberry Finn When one is young they must learn from their parents how to behave. A childs parents impose societys unspoken rules in hope that one day their child will inuitivly decerne wrong from right and make decisions based on their own judgment. These good and ethical decisions will partake one for their entire life. In Mark Twains, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is faced with the decision of choosing to regard all he has been taught to save a friend, or listen and chase the morals that he has been raised with. In making his decision he is able to look at the situation maturely and grow to understand the moral imbalances society has. Hucks decisions show his integrity and strength as a person to choose what his heart tells him to do, over his head. Huck has been raised in a elegant society where rules and morals are taught and enforced. He lives a very strict and proper life where honesty and adequacy is imposed. Huck bei ng young apt(p) and immature, often goes against these standards set for him, but are still very much a part of his decision-making ability and conscience. When faced to make a decision, Hucks head ceaselessly runs through the morals he was taught. One of the major decisions Huck is faced with is keeping his word to Jim and accepting that Jim is a runaway. The society part of Hucks head automatically looks down upon it. Because Huck is shocked and surprised that Jim is a runaway and he is in his presence, reveals Hucks prejudice attitude that society has imposed on him. Huck is discerning about what people will think of him and how society would react if they heard that Huck helped save a runaway slave. The unspoken rules th... ... Ed. Paul Lauter, et al. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Lexington Heath, 1994. 236-419. Hoffman, Daniel. dour Magic--and White--in Huckleberry Finn. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn An Authoritative Text Backgrounds and Sources Criticism. Ed. Sculley Br adley, et al. 2nd ed. New York Norton, 1977. 423-436. Jones, Rhett S. Nigger and Knowledge. White Double-Consciousness in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Satire or Evasion? Black Perspectives on Huckleberry Finn. Ed. James Leonard, et al. Durham Duke UP, 1992. 173-194. Kaplan, Justin. natural to Trouble One Hundred Years of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain Adventures of Huckleberry Finn A Case Study in Critical Controversy. Eds. Gerald Graff and James Phelan. Boston St. Martins, 1995. 348-359.