Huckleberry Finn's unresolved moral dilemma with honesty, slavery, his lifestyle, and treatment of human beings in general is displayed through various situations throughout his adventures down river. Before Huck ventures out onto the river he lives in several different lifestyles and is unsatisfied with them all. This moral dilemma is based on what degree of 'sivilization' Huck will tolerate and launches Huck onto the river for a journey to find a suitable way of living. On this journey Huck is confronted with many situations in which he is forced to choose between his own beliefs or submit to the pressure of someone else's morals. Throughout all of these trials on the river Huck puts his own personal feelings before the immoral acts of the people surrounding him. Once Huck leaves the river he is almost immediately faced with his chief moral dilemma when he is forced to choose between turning in Jim as a runaway slave or going to rescue Jim because of the great friendship they created. With the decision to rescue Jim, Huck creates a false impression that Huck's morals have changed but the reader soon realizes Huck is back where he started. The morality of Huck Finn is finally shown in it's honest form when Huck decides to run away to the West and leave Miss Watson behind again. This reveals that Huck's morals are back to the same state they were in when Huck left Miss Watson the first time. Huck Finn's display of an untouched moral pattern provides the reader of the novel with an understand of man's inability to overcome the evils of society.

Huck uses the river to escape from his moral dilemma and ironically encounters more situations that add to the burden on his conscience. At this point in the novel, the primary moral dilemma is created when Huck and Jim, a runaway slave, join together to travel from their problems. The two runaways spend a few relaxing days on the river until they become lost while looking for the city of Cairo and Huck ends up at the Grangerford's home. Huck soon becomes a part of the family and learns of the ancient feud the Grangerford's have with a rival family. One of the first examples of Huck not giving in to the pressure of someone else is shown when Huck refuses to participate in t

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