Huck's moral development begins before he ever gets on the raft that takes him down the Mississippi. His mother is dead. His father is mainly drunk all the time. Huck grows up following his own rules until he moves in with the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. These two women try to "sivilize" Huck by making him attend school, study religion, and act the way they think is the acceptable way to act. Huck's free spirited soul keeps him from accepting the lonely life these two women have in mind for him. The freedom Huck seeks in Tom Sawyer's gang is not much more than children's games. Still, Huck thinks that Tom is superior to him because of his more favorable family background. Pap and "the kidnapping" play another bi

to see that Jim get his. The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons adds to Huck's bad feelings for society in general. In this adventure, Huck learns what a feud is and also witnesses the awful results that hostility can bring upon families.

g event in Huck's moral development. Pap is not sociable and wants to undo all the "civilizing" that the Widow and Miss Watson have attempted to teach Huck. However, Pap does not symbolize freedom. He encourages drunkenness, prejudice, and abuse. Huck escapes the cabin to search for the freedom he wants. After Huck goes to Jackson Island, he meets the most influential character of the novel, Jim. Jim is a run away slave and after talking with him Huck learns that Jim has a family, dreams, and talents. At this pint in the book, Huck still believes that blacks are basically different from whites. Huck's mind reminds him that he's a "low-down and dirty abolitionist" for helping Jim run away from his owner. Huck does not see that Jim is looking for freedom. The first adventure Huck and Jim take part in is the steamboat adventure. Huck shows development of character when he tricks the watchman into going back to the boat for the criminals. He felt that even though they are thieves, and plan to murder another man, their lives are still valuable. Huck's reaction to the event is strange, but unlike most people, he sees the good in people and tries to help them.

Huckleberry Finn was able to rise above the rest of society. As a young boy he learned many things about the cruelness of the world and what freedom really means. Huck will never accept civilization and will always go back to the safety of the Mississippi River. There were times when Huck made the wrong decisions, but he learns that growning up is full of mistakes, but that he learns from his mistakes. Our society has come a long way since the Civil War. It is important to realize that people, like

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