Huck Finn and Morality

Morality is a theme that's used a lot throughout "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain. There are four different aspects that make up a moral decision. There's moral awareness, which is being aware of the situation you're in. There's also making a decision in your mind on what you're going to do, and there's intention which is what you want or expect to happen after you choose. Finally, there's action. This is what you do to act upon your plan and make a decision.

There are many parts throughout the novel where different characters, including Huck, have to make a decision. An example is when Huck frees Jim from slavery. People say he's a moral person because he decided to free a slave and act upon it, but his intention wasn't to do so. Instead, he was aware that he was breaking the law and doing what everyone else says is wrong. But even though he didn't have any good intenions, I still think that Huck is still a moral person because. Why? Because in the end, he freed Jim and did good by doing so. It doesn't matter that he had a different plan in his mind the whole time. The fact is, he set a slave freeand did the moral thing.

Personally, there were many times where I was forced to make a moral decision. There was one time as a kid when I saw someone being bullied outside at recess. There were two things I could've done: either I walk away and turn a blind eye to what's going on, or get an adult to help out. In this case, I knew that it would be the moral choice to tell someone, so I decided to do it and act upon it with the intention of stoipping the bullying. The problem was then dealt with and the bullying stopped. This time, I made the moral decision, just like Huck. Even though we had different reasons for making a decision, good still came out of it in the end.

While there are many interpretations of what being a moral person is, mine can be defined as this: a moral person is anyone who makes a good decision that benefits others. Huck Finn is a person that fits this description.

The video below explains more about moral decision making.

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