Huckleberry Finn, Huck's Strug
In the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck must fight against many influences to make his own decisions and be an individual. He struggle against society and his conscience to love and help free Jim without guilt, and stay free and uncivilized. The world that is constantly trying to make him "everybody else" is both society as a whole as well as Miss Watson, Pap, Tom Sawyer, and his own conscience. Miss Watson tries to get Huck to abandon himself, his uncivilized ways, to live the live of a civilized boy and learn religion. Pap also creates a great deal of negative influence on Huck, including his racist views, drunkenness, and physical abuse. Tom Sawyer lives in a fantasy world of adventure and is always trying to get Huck to play along. Tom gets him to join "Tom Sawyer's Band of Robbers" and live out immaculate fantasies. Another force Huck must deal with is his own conscience that is constantly making him feel guilty and bad. His conscience has been molded by society and holds many beliefs of his time period including racism and the belief that blacks are property. I believe that Huckleberry is successful in being nobody-but-himself. When Huck is living with Miss Watson and being taught religion he learns ab
He knows he must get out of that situation, mostly for physical well being but also to escape captivity and Pap's emotional burden on Huck. However he feels a great deal of guilt about it and struggles with the option of changing his mind and returning Jim to his owner. Huck creates a great friendship with Jim and even takes the chance on going to hell to help get him to freedom. There is one person, Tom Sawyer, that he does have a hard time standing up against even after he seems to have made the choice to be himself and follow his heart at all costs. I believe that this shows a weak side of Huck in his ability to stand up to others. As for Tom Sawyer Huck refuses to let himself live in his fantasy world as Huck is a realist and sees things for what they are. All of society and Huck's own conscience tells him that this is wrong and yet he does it anyway. During the final chapters Huck only reveals his true feelings about the extravagant plot to free Jim in his mind and expresses these feelings in questioning Tom about his ideas instead of rejecting the plan all together. He decides not to believe in the common belief that all blacks are property and sees Jim as a real person, as his friend. 15) Huck's daring escape from Pap in the cabin shows to what extent Huck will go to remain himself. The friendship that develops between Huck and Jim is the most important influence that keeps Huck from becoming everybody else. He said there was loads of them there, anyway; and he said there was A-rabs there, too, and elephants and things. He writes a letter to miss Watson explaining where her run away slave is and how to get him back, then at the last moment he decides to tear it up even though he believes it will make him go to hell. " Huck's most recognizable success in staying true to himself is his friendship with Jim and deciding to lead him to freedom.
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