![]() ![]() And, indeed, it is by following his heart that Huck makes the right decision to help Jim escape from bondage. ![]() Huck learns that he must follow the moral intuitions of his heart, which requires that he be flexible in responding to moral dilemmas. He also recognizes that absolute selfishness, like that exhibited by Tom Sawyer to a small extent, and that exhibited by Tom’s much worse prankster-counterparts, the duke and the king, is both juvenile and shameful. He learns that rigid codes of conduct, like Christianity, or like that which motivates the Grangerson and Shepherdson’s blood feud, don’t necessarily lead to good results. He has a good heart but a conscience deformed by the society in which he was raised, such that he reprimands himself again and again for not turning Jim in for running away, as though turning Jim in and prolonging his separation from his family were the right thing to do.Īs the novel develops, however, so do Huck’s notions of right and wrong. Huck begins the novel as an immature boy who enjoys goofing around with his boyhood friend, Tom Sawyer, and playing tricks on others. ![]() Adventures of Huckleberry Finn belongs to the genre of Bildungsroman that is, the novel presents a coming-of-age story in which the protagonist, Huck, matures as he broadens his horizons with new experiences. ![]()
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