1. The Morality of Huckleberry Finn
Huck uses the river to escape from his moral dilemma and ironically encounters more situations that add to the burden on his conscience. ... Huck has the pressure of society to do the 'right' thing and turn Jim back in to Miss Watson but he cannot overcome his personal feelings for Jim which they had developed on their adventures downriver. ... Carol Freedman, a critic published in Philosophy and Literature, states that "what Huck seems to discover by reflecting on Jim and their experiences on the raft is that despite the absence of justification, he cares for Jim too much to turn hi...
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