a part of the South's lives that they made it part of their morality, their religious sense. It was morally correct to enslave another human being, but to help another was a crime. This illustrates the absurd and hypocritical idiosyncrasies of the South at the time. Huck's realization of this contributes to his continual awareness of the true values of a civilization that he is asked to belong to. "The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son and she allowed she would sivilize me...and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out" (1). Once Huck has fled from the constraints of society and has begun his journey down the great Mississippi River, he learns that the only true friend he has is the runaway slave Jim. His conscience, going against what he has been taught his whole life, leads him to his final decision that Jim's quest for freedom is noble and worth risking himself for.
             The character of Jim is perhaps the most influential character in Huck's realization of his own beliefs. In Huckleberry Finn, Huck comes to view Jim as both a representative of humanity and the true father that Pap never wa
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