In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the main character, Huckleberry Finn, goes through a complete transformation of who he was because of life changing choices he had to make on his journey for a new life as a free man. In the beginning of the novel, Huckleberry Finn starts off with very low esteem. Living with his drunk abusive father that provided no proper guidance for Huckleberry Finn to follow, causes him to lack the ability of distinguishing between what is actually right and what is wrong by himself. He still believes that what the society says is correct even though he feels confined by it and wants to break free. Huck also used to look up to a boy named Tom Sawyer when he lived with Miss Watson and The Widow Douglas who decided to start …show more content…
I says to myself, there ain't no telling but I might come to be a murderer myself yet, and then how would I like it?” (Twain, 81). For the first time, Huck begins to question the effect his choices have on other people. After he realizes that he will be considered a murderer for his actions, he comes up with a plan to save the three men. Even though the men he would be saving are murderers and robbers, he doesn’t want to be responsible for their death, so he makes sure to correct what he has done wrong. This was the first huge step in Huck's moral progression. Throughout the novel, there was a recurring theme of Friend vs Society. This was one of the main moral choices that Huck is forced to make multiple times in his journey. After arriving at Cairo, Huck has to decide if he will go along with society and turn Jim in as a runaway slave, or if he will keep his promise to his friend, Jim, and help him become a free man. Huck feels blameworthy for not turning Jim in after he heard Jim talking about stealing his family from their owner by hiring an abolitionist. He feels like it is wrong to steal slaves from people who are