Huckleberry Finn

A major conflict is Huck’s struggle with his decision to help Jim escape slavery. In the beginning, Huck did not think too much about this issue. But when they thought they were close to their destination, Huck begins to feel uneasy about what he is doing. He begins to doubt his decision and puts himself down for committing such a crime. He would think of himself as an uncivilized sinner. Therefore, in his attempt to move towards a more civilized life, he told himself that he would not help Jim and went so far as to write a letter to his master. But when he reflects on his relationship with Jim and all the things that they have gone through together, he decides to do away with trying to be civilized. If helping to free a person from their bondage is considered against civilization, I wish more people had been uncivilized. Even though Huck thought of himself as a lowly person for doing such a thing, what he did is nothing less than heroic. Ironically, for someone who is so young and uneducated, he had a better understanding of what it truly means to be civilized than most of the characters in the book.