In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, people and the society often disagree with one another. Huckleberry Finn is very indecisive throughout the book and relies on others such as the country, his family, and his surroundings to make moral decisions during his adventures. From the beginning to the end Huck Finn struggles with the existence of different forms of education, racism and slavery, and civilized life.
At the beginning of the book Huck is living with two women Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. The two ladies have taught Huck some life skills and are trying to make him a better person. They have taught him to read and write, as well as the morals of going to church and how important religion is. Huck would rather live on his own with no money and be able to go out and smoke whenever and wherever he wants. Huck does not want to become an educated boy, he wants to live on the edge and make decisions based on his gut without society interfering.
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Huck finds himself in many difficult situations with slavery and does not know whether to do right thing or trust his gut and let things go. Huck was raised by a drunk and abusive father, Pap, who did not teach Huck to do the right thing when he was young, so Huck has to do whatever he thinks is right. When Huck fakes his own death and escapes St. Petersburg he fleas to Jackson’s Island. While on Jackson’s Island he finds Jim and is very excited to see him and find someone he knows to be with and feel safe. Jim wants to continue down the Mississippi River with Huck, but Huck is unsure if he should turn Jim in as a runaway slave or let Jim go with