Adventures of huckleberry Finn by mark twain

    Huck is one of the self-developed characters in this story. He has a hard time having a new personality and setting new standards. He thus has to change his ethical framework for decision-making process so as to make the hard decisions of life. In the beginning of the narrative, Huck has a lowliness character that is attributed to the environment in which he has been brought up in. this environment was not favorable for his moral development nor was it good for his decency and visionary life.  He, however, meets a friend, Jim who helps him to overcome his weakness and to moral development. As he goes through a series of adventures, he is forced to establish an ethical decision-making process on his own and this later affects his ethics which carries him all through his journey in life (Twain 1960). His morality development is thus evident in the whole plot of the story as from his start where he had inadequate ethics and thus resulted in his inability to make individual decisions into a point where he was able to ethically do that which is right.

    Huck is a liar who lies in several instances. All throughout the story, he is seen lying for varying reasons either for self-protection or protection for others and especially for Jim. Lying seems to be one of his expertises and in some of the instances, he succeeded while on others he failed but yet he continues to lie as the story unfolds (Twain 1960). Though not an ethical character, he uses this strategy for the right motives.

    Huck is one of the uncultured characters in the story. He is one of the noble characters and an independent character whose thoughts are not influenced by the society’s actions but rather by his own mind and intuition. He is thus emotionally detached from what the entire society stands for and he stands for his honorable principles.  He is generous enough to sacrifice his society for the sake of ethics, morality, and humanity as he had advanced on so well decently. He is thus a good example of principles application person.  

     Huck’s intuition encourages him to have an independent personality that which is not influenced by the group’s belief. He is thus able to make a major resolution regarding his stand for Jim against that of the culture. The author introduces Huck as one who implements moral framework so as to determine the best decision to undertake and this is evident all through the story as he uses his own intuition and structure so as to be able to make complex decisions (Twain 1960). He later decides to do that which is socially and morally right and help Jim his friend.

    Huck and Jim are good comrades and they watch out for one another. This is evident all through the story as they spend much of the time together and in this, he was able to know Jim so well and the fact he was black was just but irrelevant (Twain 1960).  He, therefore, decides to support his ideology instead of being influenced by external forces. Individuality aspect is thus a strong character for Huck and this forms his authority personality in making decisions all throughout his life.

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Twain, M. (1960). The adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Tom Sawyer's comrade. Garden City, N.Y: Dolphin Books, Doubleday & Co.