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Ninetieth Century Morals vs. Huck's Conscience



Sometimes making a stand for what is right, especially when it is

totally against the customary beliefs of society, can never be an easy

accomplishment.





In the novel, The Adventures Huckleberry Finn by, Mark Twain, the

main character Huck, encounters many situations involving a question of

morality. Considering the traditional protocol of his society, Huck must

choose between his conscience or public ethics. In many cases Huck goes

with his conscience, which always proves to be proper selection. Ironically,

what Huck believes in, unapproved of in the ninetieth century, is the basis of

accepted beliefs in our modern world. Huck lives with the guilt that all his

choices could be considered immoral based on his society; yet, really his

beliefs could be just in comparison to man's conscience. Three of the major

instances in the novel when Huck's beliefs contrast those of the ninetieth

century are when he questions......

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