tter. Where he was raised, slavery was not only accepted, it was condoned. Since he had no real morally upstanding role model, he never learned otherwise.Due to the numerous jeopardizing events that Huck was exposed to on both the river and on land he was forced to grow up very quickly. He was a very cunning boy. He constantly made up lies in order to get out of trouble. For example, when Huck met up with the men who were searching for runaway slaves, he made up a story about his father being on the raft with a severe case of smallpox. Huck knew that this story would prevent the hunters from following him and looking for Jim to be with Huck. He also outwitted the King and the Duke on several occasions. Huck successfully hid the money from the King and the Duke by convincing the King that it was slaves who stole it and also eventually was able to escape from them both. Toward the middle of the novel Huck’s sense of morality and maturity begin to develop but yet still have a ways to go. He begins to see Jim for what he really is, a friend, and not a slave. He shows this when he realizes that he hurt Jim by lying to him and finally decides to “humble” himself “to a nigger.” He also does some good deeds along the way, such as returning the stolen money to the girls.Eventually, Huck goes through a complete transformation into boy with a conscience and upright morals. He is able to discern between right and wrong. When Huck ran away, he was able to see that what the King and the Duke were doing was wrong and immoral. He uses his cunning nature in order to come up with a plan to get rid of them once and for all. Once he got rid of the King and the Duke he helped Mary Jane by returning the money that the King and the Duke stole from them. Most importantly, his heart overcomes his warped conscience and he is able to see that slavery is unjust. When he comes to this realization he is capable of seeing ...
