Internal Conflict In Huckleberry Finn

The question of society and morals are evident in many stories, but none is more apparent than in Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. After being raised in a prominent white society, Huck adventures out into the Mississippi River with Jim, a run away Black slave, and witnesses the human evils of the world. Through this experience and many conscious battles, he comes to the conclusion to give aid to the African slave, despite society wanting him to do the opposite. Huck’s character is best described as conflicted. He must either decide to assist Jim towards his liberation or turn him into his slave owner. Numerous times Huck is at an internal conflict. At one point in the novel, Huck was going to turn Jim in to slave hunters. Once Jim had told him that he was the “best friend Jim’s ever had,” Huck decided against the action. As the
The civilizations that he had to come across were not as righteous as he was told. As their adventures had bonded the impossible, a 40 year old black man and a 14 year old white child, Huck finally resolved to “go to hell” and tear up the letter showing the whereabouts of Jim. Society has taught him that helping slaves would result in his eternal damnation. But through the lessons and stops in towns, his conscience had demonstrated his wanting to become a good person, when society’s guideline of being good would be to turn Jim in to his slave owner. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain utilizes satire to expose the human weaknesses. Through Huck, we are able to see the wrongs of society and how that had brought together two unlikely couples. His journey towards the south strengthen his morals as he broke away from the teachings of society. Huck had cultivated his own virtuous principles and resolves these conflicting influences by helping set free