Yartel Brooks

Mr. Hughes

English 10 4th hour

31 October 2007

In the story of Huck Finn there is a moral in which Huck has to decide weather he will help Jim or rat him out. Huck’s conscious comes into play when Jim starts to talk about being free thanks to Huck. Huck starts to wonder if he is doing the right thing by helping him or should he tell on him. Huck then starts to think about the woman that own Jim and starts to ask him-self what did that woman ever do to me to make me take her property. Huck’s judgment begins to deteriorate and he has second thoughts.


I think Huck did the right thing when helped Jim. Even though Huck had second thoughts he still ended up helping Jim to avoid capture. Jim said that Huck was His best friend and Huck felt bad for thinking what he was thinking but he still felt bad for the lady that Jim belonged to. But in the end he decided to help Jim.


I came to this conclusion because no man deserves to be property of anyone except for himself. Also Huck said he felt awful about helping Jim but he would feel the same way if he turned Jim in. so he decided if I will feel the same way without turning him in why would I turn him in .He threw out all his intensions of turning him in and focus on getting to a free state.

By doing this he decides to help Jim flee to a free state. In the end he chooses what is ultimately what he thinks is the right thing to do. He could have let the three men capture Jim but instead he lied for Jim and saved him. Instead of feeling bad and losing Jim he would weather feel bad but not at the expense of losing a friend and feeling the same way.

This example of a moral dilemma is a good one because it shows friendship. Also it shows sacrifice and that slavery is wrong and that no matter whom you are you can have friends of different backgrounds who would put themselves on the line for you. And it should teach you a lesson about doing what’s right. This is what I absorbed from the moral dilemma.