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Morality in The Adventures of huckabackleberry Finn   In every persons life at one point they will have to make a choice ground on their moral beliefs. These decisions can show what a person believes in right from the start. In Mark Twains The Adventures of huckleberry Finn the main character Huck, makes two very heavy moral decisions. The first being how he treats Jim when he first meets him at Jacksons Island and the second is to tear up the letter to Miss Watson out of his love for Jim.   When Huck first runs away from Pap he goes to Jacksons Island and thinks that he is the only person thither. He soon finds out that this is not true, and that Miss Watsons Jim(41) is taking refuge there as well. Many people would hate to be alone on an island with a nigger(43), but Huck is instead happy to have soul to converse with. At first Jim thinks he sees Hucks ghost and is petrified. Huck eases Jims feelings by changing the subject and saying Its good daylight, l es get breakfast(41), showing that Huck is not only real but he does not mind that Jim is black. Jim feels that Huck might tell on him for racecourse away, but he thus decides that it will be okay to tell him why he ran away from Miss Watson. Jim keeps asking Huck if he is going to tell anyone about his running away, and Huck replies People would call me a low down abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum but that dont make no difference I aint gonna tell(43). Hucks response truly shows that his ignorance has no bearing over his moral kindness. When taken into consideration good morality is much more important in the long run than being the most intelligent person. After journeying with Jim for quite some time Huck begins to feel bad about harboring a runaway slave. He decides to write a letter to Miss Watson explaining the whole story, because Jim had been sold and he does not know where he is. Huck was indeed mixed about what he should do so he dropped he dropped to his knees and began to pray.