Imagine others looking down to you as dirt, locking you up and forcing strenuous work upon you against your will. Imagining having to complete this work day after day without argument for the other option is usually beatings or even worse, death. Imagine coming to grips with knowing you will never see your family ever again. These are all disturbing and uncomfortable situations to even think of being placed in. Yet, these hardships are endured by the characters within Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This novel follows the journey of a young southern boy who runs away from society with a slave, Jim. Along the journey Finn is challenged with several internal conflicts. Finn's moral character grows as he transitions from a product of society into an individual with different views and …show more content…
This situation creates the ultimate internal conflict for Finn as he decides whether or not slavery is the right choice. He could completely dismiss society and its belief that black people belong below white people and instead conjure a plan to steal back Jim. Or he could accept society’s ways and write a letter to Jim’s original owner. He debates between these two options, “...it would be a thousand times better for Jim to be a slave at home where his family was, as long as he's got to be a slave”. (212) By saying “as long as he’s got to be a slave” Finn is stating he thinks slavery is wrong on a personal level but Finn is close to allowing slavery to take control of Jim’s life as he begins to write the letter. After writing the letter Finn begins to think if slavery is looked at as right in a society full of christians,it must be right to God. He exclaims, “All right, then, I'll go to hell” (214) as he rips up the letter. This is Finn’s final and full transition from being a product of society into a willingness to act on his own unique