life. Similarly many people see life in an unborn fetus and have real qualms with killing a developing child. Another example of an inescapable dilemma is guns. Should it be legal for man to have the power to purchase such an item whose sole purpose is to drain life in general and human life? With the many stories of accidents because of children experimenting with guns, safety is an important issue. America is a free country though, and the Second Amendment under the Constitution, though a limited amendment, allows citizens the right to bear arms. So is this amendment morally correct? Equally, Huck has been raised to think that slaves are merely "niggers" who aren't equal, but Huck is also a man of nature and sees all squirrels as squirrels, and all people as people. Huck knows Jim is more than others say he is, and he isn't about to let Jim lead a life of cruelty because there are other people who think they are better because they have lighter skin than Jim. Modern man deals with dilemmas such as these with anguish and frustration. Modern man has found a way to try to solve his problems, mostly through petitions, rallies, picketing, and writing letters to Congressmen. Would one expect to see Huckleberry Finn writing an angry letter to his Congressman? Would one see him picketing Jim’s master’s house in Hannibal because he didn’t support slavery? It is highly unlikely. Instead, Huck simply tears up his note and utters the famous quote that was quoted in the first sentence of this essay. Huck makes a decision in himself that goes against society. He does not wait. Huck simply takes the situation into his own hands. That is what makes him different from modern man. According to Rosenblatt, modern man needs to be more like Huckleberry Finn. Modern man needs to simply decide whether an action is morally correct or not, and act on his decision be it legal or illegal. Huck proved that actions speak louder than words by ri...
