Why Is Huck Finn Morally Wrong

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Thomas J. Watson once said "follow the path of the unsafe independent thinker" which is a true model to live by. One who makes decisions independently, that are against conformity of society and allows one to live freely is a type of life many strive to abide by, but not many achieve, fictional characters such as Huckleberry Finn is one such person who has learned how to do this in a right way. Through Huck's joyous filled times with Jim, his momentary decision to turn Jim in, and Huck's final decision to save Jim from slavery, Mark Twain reveals that following one's conscience and doing what he/she believes is right instead of society's beliefs helps one live morally unbound. When Huckleberry Finn is first on the run with Jim the two of them have a lot of bonding moments; such things as …show more content…
However, Huck does not tell someone about Jim because of the relationship the two have and the potential trouble he would risk in doing so. In the end Huck’s conscience wins, which is the right choice of Huck to not turn Jim in. Once Jim is sold into slavery and Huck receives the letter he tries to decide how he wants to be conceived as, a person who goes against society to do the right thing or someone who reforms when he knows it is wrong “‘...I’ll go to hell’...never thought no more about reforming...I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery” (223). Huck thinks that helping a slave and going against society is evil, and will have him end up in hell, which is far from the truth. He realizes that he needs to stop conforming to society and doing what it tells him to do, but instead do what his conscience thinks and what he believes is morally right. So, he comes to the conclusion to help Jim, which proves that a good conscience is much better than society’s beliefs, for he does the right