Huck Finn takes place a few years before the Civil War, a time where slavery was a huge issue for the United States. During this time in the south, there were mostly slave owners and those who followed in the footsteps of slave owners because they were too scared to do what was right. However, there were a few who did what they thought was right and helped slaves. Huck Finn was one of those people. Huck is not racist.
             Between having a raging alcoholic racist for a dad and living in a society filled with racists, Huck was forced to deal with the issue of racism and he did a very good job. At times his surroundings caught up with him; for example, '"I felt good and all washed clean of sin for the first time I had ever felt so in my life, and I knowed I could pray now"' (Twain 206 & 207). Huck feels good only because he is doing what is right according to society. He feels that he can finally relax because he'll no longer be helping Jim illegally. Huck then realizes how good a friend Jim was to him and he begins to have second thoughts. It would not have been wrong for Huck to turn in Jim because of all the pressure that was on him. If Huck had turned Jim in, it would not be the real Huck; it would have been Huck acting on his emotions. We saw the real Huck when he said this, '"All right, then, I'll GO to hell" -- and tore it up' (207). Huck decided to tear up the letter to Miss Watson. Due to his feelings about Jim, Huck's sense of right and wrong doesn't influence him in this particular situation. They go through thick and thin together as one person. If Huck would have turned Jim in, he wouldn't have felt the contentment that accompanies making the "morally correct decision." He would have felt tremendously worse for backstabbing a friend. This is the final piece of evidence that displays the sincere bond that grows between Jim and Huc...