In chapter 31 Huck finally battles his conscience about turning Jim in, and his conscience wins out over societal expectations. Why do you think this decision was so difficult for Huck? Why does he resign himself to going to hell after he makes his decision?
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Society has told him that it is right to have slaves and that it is wrong to aid a runaway slave, so he thinks his conscience is wrong because he had been taught the wrong way all his life. He thought that since he had stolen from an old lady who had done him no wrong and that he had runaway that it was a sin and since he couldn't pray he figured he was going to hell.
In chapter 31, Huck's decision to turn Jim in was so difficult because he had grown to love and care for him as if he were a father. This went against all society had taught him his whole life. Huck resigns himself to going to hell after the decision is made because it is almost considered to be a sin to associate yourself with a "nigger."
Huck had such a hard time with this because all his life he has been taught that runaway slaves should be turned in because it is wrong for them to have there freedom. He resigns himself to hell because he thinks by keeping jim a secret he is betraying what is right. so in his mind this would be punishable by going to hell.
This decision is hard for Huck because everyone at this time considers slaves not people and its against the law to free a slave. He thinks he'll go to hell because in his sunday school and church they tell him acting the way he's acting around a slave sends you to hell but he's willing to risk it because Jim and him are so close.
I think that Huck's concionce finally catches up to him because of the King and Duke. Before those two showed up Huck and Jim were best of friends and the thought of turning one another in never really croosed either of thier minds. Now Huck finds himself battling his concience, and luckily for Jim, Huck makes the right desicion. I think that Huck says he is going to hell because of the society he has lived hin his whole life. Racism is all that Huck knows, but his heart still wins out.
Huck was raised thinking that helping a runaway slave was wrong. By helping Jim and destroying the letter, Huck shows that he has a conscious. Huck believes that by helping Jim, he is harming an old lady that has not done him any harm.
This would have been a difficult decision for anyone, to go against what you have been taught your whole life and do what was considered wrong when you thought otherwise. Huck cared for Jim and with his choice to not turn him in and "doing wrong" he thought he would go to hell.
The decision to turn Jim in or not was a big conflict within Huck. The whole story Huck has been going back and forth in his mind of whether it was right for Jim to leave and runaway. With society and the culture at the time Huck believes it is wrong at the beginning but doesn't turn him in then because he knows Huck's secret. As the story goes along though he starts to get to know Jim and kinda sees him as a father figure in his life. Now that he knows the person and not just whats out he can make up his mind that it would be wrong to turn him in. Furthermore because Jim is so highly ranked on Huck's list Huck feels he can do anything for Jim including going to hell for him.
Huck had a hard time with his conscience because he had grown close to Jim over time, but he also knew that runaway slaves were supposed to be turned in and denied freedom. He resigns himself to hell because he thinks that by associating himself with Jim and keeping Jim a secret, he has sinned and should go to hell.
The decision was difficult for Huck because back then it was wrong to help a runaway slave, but since Huck and Jim are close, Huck chose not to tell. Huck resigns himself to hell because it was a sin to be helping a slave.
In chapter 31, I think this decision would have been so difficult for Huck because he had come to love and care for Jim, and look up to him as a male role model [[father figure!]]. Huck resigns himself to going to hell after he makes his decision because he felt like by interacting with Jim and helpinng hide a runaway was a sin.
Huck had a difficult time making this decision because society had always taught him that it was alright to have slaves and to treat them poorly. Huck didn't know anything different. So, when he began feeling closer to Jim and looking up to him like a father figure he was confused. He probably thought he was going to hell because he was going against everything he had ever known by being friends and thinking of this slave as a father figure.
In Hucks society slaves were not equal to white men so it was wrong to help a slave to get to freedom. Huck had a battle with his conscience because he wants to help Jim out, but society tells him that it is wrong. He chooses to help Jim anyways and because of this he feels he is going to hell.
The reason that decision was difficult for Huck to make was b/c Jim, although a slave, was really the only person who accepted Huck as he was, and had a sense of kinship and protection for him. On the other hand, longer than he has been 'alive' people have owned slaves, and it has been ingrained in Huck's head that they are only property and as such should obey and respect their masters, and when they do happen to run, they shoud be turned in as soon as they are spotted. It's a battle of morals that leaves Huck thinking he has wronged his fellow man, thus going against the bible(thou shalt not steal) and therefore going to Hell.
Huck does what his conscience says because he thought it was right. The decision was so difficult because he had to go against what everyone else would have done. He says he's going to hell because he feels like he has done a really terrible thing that most people would condem him to hell for.
Society then would expect a southern white man to turn over a slave. At first when huck discovers that jim is gone he is relieved that the deed is done and he doesn't have to live in shame, but he has an internal conflict. In this conflict it's the societies expectacions against his own feelings and what he knows he should do. In the End he damns himself to hell because helping a slave is a sin and huck is willing to do that for his friend.
Huck's decision was hard, because he either got the disapproval of society or Jim and the slaves. Huck realizes what he must do even if society believes it's wrong. Huck believes he is going to hell because of his choice that goes against society. He believes aiding a runaway slave is s sin and he will go to hell for it.
Society in this part of time in history has a lot of slavery issues, and since Huck lives in that kind of society, he doesn't know which way is right, his conscience or society's way of thinking. He believes he is going to hell because he thinks that he "stole" Jim away from his original owner, and since he can not pray for forgiveness, he believes he is going to hell. It also might make it harder to decide which way to go, with his conscience or society, for he now has feelings about his companion.
This decison is especially hard for Huck because Jim is his good friend but it is against the law to aid a runaway slave. He resigns himself to hell because he believes that aiding a runaway slave is sinful. The way that he was raised made him believe this way.
It was difficult for Huck because he grew up in a slave society. Its so hard for him to not give Jim in, for Huck thinks Jim is rightfully Miss Watsons. But his conscience kicks in about how he is Jim's only friend. Leading him in trying to save his friend. Huck believes he is sinning for not turning Jim in. He feels he must state that he is now going to hell, in order to save a nigger.
I think turning Jim in was hard for huck, due to the fact that Huck had already taken Jim in as a friend. Huck knows that it's wrong to keep runaway slaves and in the back of his mind he doesn't want to turn Jim in but it's the only morally permissable thing to to. Huck knows keeping him would be a sin, and after the decision is made, Huck knew he was going to hell since prayer was not an option. He believes one must be pure when praying and when living in a lie and trying to pray your way out, thats only a course for eternal life in hell.
All his life, Huck has been told that slaves are below him. When it comes to deciding whether or not to turn Jim in for being a runaway slave, his descision is a difficult one. It goes against what he has been taught, so he automatically thinks of it as a sin. When he decides not to turn Jim in, he sacrifices what he thinks will become of his after life. That alone shows how important Jim has become to Huck.
Huck was raised in a society that told him slavery was right. It was a crime to help a runaway slave. Huck's decision to follow his conscience over society is a major point in this book. Although Huck does make the right decision, he shows some regret about it, saying that he will go to hell. He thinks that stealing from an old lady and helping a runaway was a sin.
The decision is diffucult to Huck because he has a internal conflict between the rules of the society he has grown up with and his own mind that won't let him betray a friend. He has also seen that by not following society's rules you are deemed immoral and will go to Hell, but what i see as the main problem is that in society to betray a friend is also immoral and has the same outcome. This is what gives Huck his true predicament and he chooses the one that he would feel is better in the end which is saving a runaway slave.
This choice was so difficult for Huck because he had been taught through society that slaves are property,and that a slave should not be treated with the same respect as a person of white color. But society has told Huck that it is wrong to help a runaway slave to freedom, and that the right thing to do is turn him in. But Huck seems to realize the bigger picture, that Jim is his true friend. And that Jim has a big heart and would protect Huck if he was ever in harm, because that is what freinds do for each other. So Huck chooses to be a real firend and help Jim out. He says he will just go to Hell because what Huck has decided to do for Jim, Through the societies eyes is wrong. But Huck doesnt care.
Huck has problems with his conscience because of society's expectations. He should have turned Jim in, thats what many other people would have done in this circumstance. If he wants to help Jim he is going against the majority of people in his day. Huck says he is going to hell because he believes what he is doing is a sin and is considered morally wrong by the church.
This decision was so difficult for Huck because he does not see himself as a good person, but he wants to become good. Huck knows that he was raised rather poorly and he makes this the reason that he behaves badly. When he decides that it is more important to help a friend get to freedom rather than turn himself in for stealing Jim he resigns himself to hell because all Huck has ever known is that slaves are just property and he feels that God will punish him for stealing Jim and helping him to escape rather than turn Jim in.
I think that Huck had a very hard decision to make. He has always learned that slaves have no rights and that they had to work for their owner. Since Huck has been raised to think this way, it is hard for his conscience to convince him that helping Jim is the right thing to do. In the end, Huck thinks that he will go to Hell because his conscience decides to do the right thing, and that is helping a runaway nigger.
The choice Huck had to make was hard for him because he thought about how thankful Jim was for him, and how kind Jim had been towards him. From society's viewpoint it was justifiable to have slaves, and to treat them poorly, however Huck no longer agrees with society's views, and he is fully guided by his conscience. Huck did feel like he was going to hell, because of society's perception of how to treat a slave in that time. Huck felt it was wrong to harbor a run away slave because of the people he is betraying, such as Miss Watson.
I think that Huck felt that he is going to go to hell for helping a black slave because he knows that back then it was a big deal to help a slave. It was against the law and everything. he felt he was cheating society in a way but he couldn't forget about how good of a friend Jim was to him. He said he would have rather go to hell then to give pretty much his only friend. His consience starts kicking in now that he is facing tough situations. His consience helps Jim out in the end.
Going against socities expectations is one of the hardest things anyone can do. All of Huck's life he has been taught that black people are beneath the white man and spending so much time with Jim has allowed him to see Jim as an actual person rather than a slave. Society thinks that a runaway slave must be turned in and helping a slave to freedom in any way is a severe crime so Huck has a decision to make: Conscience vs. society. Huck choses to do the right thing rather than the accepted thing and thinks that this choice has signed his place into hell. It was so difficult because he couldn't pray about this sin since it would mean he was praying a lie.
This decision was so difficult for Huck because he had learned to look to Jim as a father figure and they were like their owln little family. It went against society because he was taught to not be associated with slaves in that way so he was confused about what to do. He resigns himself to hell because you're supposed to turn a runaway slave in but because he cared so much for Jim he couldn't bring himself to do it. He decided his own conscience was better than society's views.
This decision is so hard for Huck because over the journey he and Jim have grown very close and thinks of each other as family. Huck thinks he is going to Hell because in those times to act like a slave and not telling people about Jim is not what he is supposed to and he will be punished by going to hell.
It was difficult for Huck to make a decision because his whole life he had been taught by society that blacks were slaves and property. When he finally had the face the decision to either take his friend and turn him inj, but decided that his conscience was more powerful than what society thinks. He thinks he is going to hell because since society has claimeed that slaves are propert then going against society is like condeming yourself to hell.
Huck first decides he is going to send a letter to Mrs. Watson telling her where Jim is so Huck himself can have a clear conscience so he won't be praying a lie. But, he feels guilty for turning Jim in. So, He rips up the letter and says he is going to go to hell. Because Huck is willing to give up his life for Jim. He will give up a pure life and be bad just so Jim can gain freedom. Jim is all Huck has, and Huck knows he is all Jim has.
The decision was so difficult because everyone that was "raised" by acted the same way. Even Miss Watson, as devout as she was, set a bad examlpe for Huck because she was also racist. That fact is what led Huck to believe he was going to hell. Seeing such a person of the faith as her do what Huck knew in his mind was wrong almost drove him crazy.
Huck has grown up in a society that tells him slaves are not real people. They are worthless and dont do anything right. In his mind all this is floating around but at the same time he knows what is right in his heart. He really likes Jim and wants to help him out but he knows that no one will understand if they find out. Huck thought since he helped Jim runaway that would not make him able to pray and therefor he is going to hell.
Huck has grown up in a society that tells him slaves are not real people. They are worthless and dont do anything right. In his mind all this is floating around but at the same time he knows what is right in his heart. He really likes Jim and wants to help him out but he knows that no one will understand if they find out. Huck thought since he helped Jim runaway that would not make him able to pray and therefor he is going to hell.
It was difficult for Huck because he was so close to Jim and saw him as his own family. Society was telling him that having slaves was fine but helping them to freedom was bad, so they were kind of contradicting and it confused him so he went with his conscience. Also he decides to go to hell because he has done so many other bad things, like stealing from Miss Watson and aiding Jim to his freedom, that he can't pray and decides he is already doomed to hell anyway.
Going aginst society is what is wrong in the world even if it is the correct thing to do. Huck thought he was doing the incorrect thing even though he was doing the correct thing for his conscience, though the world told him differently. He felt guilty that he aided Jim because that was what he was taught growing up thus he thought he was going to go to hell might as well finish the job through.
Huck has learned from society's harsh ways in this time that a slave is not your friend but just a slave you are suppose to treat them like an animal with no respect and no friendship what-so-ever in this time they aren't considered even people. Huck is beggining to change because Jim is like a father figure to him when his own flesh and blood father would beat him after getting drunk. Also because in times when Jim would be there for him and take him away from all the things that were and are bad in his world. Like when they thought they had escaped from the king and the duke when everyone in town had found the money sack in the tomb, Huck was relieved to see Jim and hug him since they would be safe and out of their way, but was taken away from that short second of relief to find them coming down the hill racing back toward there raft. Huck is doing the right thing even though he thinks he has stolen from the old lady no one can be property, and he is actually doing the right thing. He thinks that he is sinning and that he's going to go to hell, but in the end he'll get rewarded for his actions because it was the right thing to do even though others cannot see it because of this time period.
The main conflict in Chapter 31 is whether someone's conscience can be accepted over society if the two are in opposition. Because Huck had spent so much time with Jim and learned so much about him he began to grow attached to him, as if Jim was his own father. Society taught Huck that harboring a runaway slave was wrong and that slaves are property, not people. Because he has kept Jim's runaway status a secret, he believes he will surely find himself at Hell's open doors; yet he is willing to go through that because he loves and cares for Jim so much.
Huck's decision was hard for him because he thiks his conscience is wrong. All his life growing up he was taught to think runaway slaves were to be turned in and to do what society expected of you. After helping Jim he thinks he will go to hell because he is doing something wrong.
Huck has been taught throughtout his life that slaves that have run away should be turned in. It is hard for Huck to make this decision because to him, going against what society think, makes him wrong. In his conscience, Huck feels that he shouldn't turn him in because he is grown close to Jim. Huck thinks that because he isn't going to turn him in that he is going to hell.
Huck struggles with this decision because his whole life he has grown up having slaves and thinking it was okay and right. He has always been taught to turn in runaway slaves but he struggles with the decision to turn in Jim because they have gone through a lot together and become close. He goes against society and decides to listen to listen to his conscience because he has learned that it his wrong and Jim is human like everyone else. He says that he is going to hell because he cant pray and he is keeping Jim a secret.
Huck's decision in chapter 31 was so difficult for him because in his society, it is wrong to aid runaway slaves. That is the only thing he has been taught, and it's what has to be accepted as the right thing. Even though that's all he knew, he still loved and cared for Jim. His conscience was telling him to help Jim get away, but Huck knew that would be going against society.
He believes he is going to hell after he makes his decision because he knows what he decided to do is going against society. He knows that he should not try and help Jim escape, but he decided that he'd rather go to hell than not help his friend.
It was difficult for Huck because the society all around him has told him that black people were abominations and only for white people's own personal services. So after being told all his life that that was the right way of life for a black person, Huck has a conflict within himself.
White people then had even said that the bible did not include african americans, that heaven was solely for the whites. So in associating himself with a slave, and trying to fight against the white sayings, Huck has come to the conclusion that he is going to hell (along with Jim and every other black person).
Huck had such a difficult time with this decision because all his life society has taught him that slaves are not people, but his conscience is telling him to do the right thing. It is hard for him to do this because it goes against everything he hes ever been taught. Huck also thinks he is going to hell because he thinks it is a sin to be interacting with Jim the way that he is.
Huck battles his conscience when he has realized that he has grown close and bonded with Jim. Huck is a smart guy, and he knows right from wrong. Although, when it comes down to turning Jim in, he decides to take a risk, and not turn him in. Even associating yourself with a runaway slave is bad enough, but thst did not stop Huck.
The situation with Jim has been difficult for Huck throughout the whole story so far. Huck knows that he is helping Jim get to freedom and helping a runaway slave is a crime in this time. He thinks it is bad because in a way he is stealing Miss Watson's property and he feels that she hasn't done anything to deserve it. He believes that God is watching him and he can't pray because God knows that Huck really doesn't want to return Jim and do the "right thing." So that is why he thinks that he is going to hell because back then Slavery was right and it was wrong to runaway or help a runaway.
Huck thinks of Jim as a friend and seems to truly care for him, thats why Huck decision to turn in Jim was so difficult. Huck resigns himself to going to hell because he has been raised to think that helping a "nigger" is a sin.
After Jim was turned in as a runaway slave Huck battled with his conscience.What he wanted to do was to go save him, and in our eyes we see it as the right thing to do.The thing Huck thought was the right thing to do was to write Miss Watson a letter saying where Jim was.In the end Huck decides to save Jim from where he had been captured.In Hucks mind he thought that this was wrong but didn't care and said to himself he would just go to hell.He couldn't do that to Jim because he cared for him so much, and Jim did so much for him.
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