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Huckleberry Finn Conflicts

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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck the main characters is faced with a lot of decisions. This causes conflict in his character. He was raised in a racist society where black people were lesser than others. But in this society that he was raised in nothing good came from it. He was abused by this society and had a drunk as a father. When Huck runs away, the only help he has is from a black man. This causes him to rethink what he was taught to think of black people. In Huck Finn Jim, the king, the Duke, and Society are all influences Huck has placed upon him. Jim represent a loving and caring fatherly figure. Jim gets mad at Huck when he plays mean tricks on him. Huck says, "Well, this is too many for me, Jim. I hain't seen no fog, nor no islands, nor no troubles, nor nothing. I been setting here talking with you all night till you went to sleep about ten minutes ago, and I reckon I done the same. You couldn't a got drunk in that time, so of course you've been dreaming." Jim gets mad and tells Huck that it's not okay to play those tricks on him because he was really worried about Huck. JIm punishes him Huck and that is what huck needs he needs, someone to teach him right from wrong. …show more content…

Huck has grown up with these influence all around him. He has been taught that what the Duke and King do is okay. They include Huck in there scams and try and convince him to do illegal thing. Huck is really faced with two sides of society. He has the side that Jim has taught him which is caring and compassionate and the side that he has grown up with and the King and Duke place upon him. Huck is forced to choose what part of society he wants to be in. Throughout the novel Huck starts to lean more towards the loving caring compassionate side of society but he still has those characteristics of the harsh uneducated

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