n the world of Huckleberry Finn, where would you say moral values come from? The community? One's experiences? Also, which does Twain privelege over others? Which does he mock, or describe dissapprovingly?
Thank you in advance : )
P.S. I'm asking because I want some ideas for my essay, and the subject/question I'm doing it on is from my own head...so please no "I'm not doing your homework" and junk.
2007-10-21 11:15:44 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
I don't remember much about Huck Finn but one episode stuck with me. While floating down the river with the escaped slave Jim, Huck begins to feel remorse about helping Jim escape. This struck me as so odd because we today would consider helping a slave escape to be morally correct and here Huck is thinking that depriving the slave owner of her property is immoral. Huck has been "trained" by the society he lives in to feel a certain way and his moral decisions are being decided by feelings.
Like most other societies, Huck's society would say that God stands behind the training that society gives. His society then twists the scriptures to look like it condones slavery.
2007-10-23 00:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋