In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Huck Finn embarks on an adventure along with one of the best friends he will ever have, but who happens to be a black slave. Just this small detail erupts a huge amount of moral conflict within Huck as he must decide whether or not to follow society or follow his heart. From these conflicts, the reader can observe that it seems those of higher status have less moral value and are more concerned about society. Those of the lower class in society are willing to push aside the views of the outside world and are willing to look within themselves to solve their conflicts with a much higher morality.

Huck is a prime example of a lower class person, whose morals exceed social expectations. When he meets up with Jim on Jackson Island, Huck does not think much of the consequences of traveling with a fugitive slave, however, as they get closer and closer to the North, Huck stops to consider what he is actually doing. As Jim and he move closer to Cairo, the point of freedom for Jim, Huck realizes that helping to free a runaway slave is not right in the eyes of southern society. Huck “got to feeling so mean a

What makes Jim’s sacrifice even more noble and moral is that Tom Sawyer, who cost him his freedom, temporarily, used Jim as a pawn in another one of his imaginary adventures to satiate his childish dreams. The whole time Tom is planning his elaborate, drawn-out escape plan, after rejecting Huck’s simple, quick, and easy plan, he knows that Jim is already free according to Miss Watson’s will, who has recently past away. Instead of informing Huck or the Phelps of this information, he neglects to tell anyone and instead uses a real human life to amuse himself. He tortures Jim by forcing him tame snakes and rats and by making him wait for his freedom, and then he almost costs him his freedom. While Huck goes along with Tom’s plan, he does so reluctantly and wants to free Jim because of the moral aspect not because it would be some thrilling adventure. Tom is from a well-off family is of a higher social class and also much less moral than those of the lower classes such as Huck and Jim.

Jim is another example of a low class individual whose moral values exceed the standards of society and even his own well-being. Jim, as a black slave in the South, can be considered one of the lowest ranks in society. Towards the end of the story, Huck and Tom execute a risky rescue of Jim from captivity at the home of the Phelps. However, as they attempt to escape at the last minute because of a group of armed men who have shown up at the Phelps’ home, they are heard and shot at by the men. Tom receives a bullet in the leg. Jim is very concerned about his injury, Huck leaves the two of them on an island while he retrieves a doctor. Huck must send the do

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