Huck seems to have a series of moral dilemmas in chapter 16. Explain the significance of the dilemmas Huck faces, and what they show the reader about Huck's character at this point in the novel.
In chapter 16 Huck has to basically decide if he should turn in Jim for running away, or not. His dilemmas are significant because it shows him, as a boy growing in a time when America had slaves, deciding which choice has a greater weight. When talking about his character it shows that Huck always wants to do the right thing overall. While simultaneously it shows that he is intelligent enough to consider other people being affected. Also he's a sucker for guilt-tripping himself. In short, he always tries to do what is right and thinks about how it will affect others, but has a tendency to guilt himself of the situation. -Carmen "Patty" Arreola
Huck's decision making has lead him to bad outcomes earlier in the book, but in chapter 16, Huck faces a moral dilemma in which he is decisive on whether he should turn Jim in, for he is a runaway, or help him escape. The dilemma is significant because it shows Huck growing as a person through a struggle with his own conscience. At this point in the novel it is evident that Huck's character is considerate and doesn't want to harm Jim. Although he thinks turning Jim in would be the right thing to do, he feels that society is wrong and Jim is in fact not property, but a friend. Through Huck's feelings it is also obvious that Huck is intelligent and it is sufficient enough to make him understand that helping Jim, although its frowned upon by society,is the right thing to do.
Elizabeth Rodriguez Huck faces a series of dilemas which in the long run have a significance, making huck being seen by the reader as a good fellow who is fighting his conscience. Feeling guilty by helping Jim a runaway, escape and become free, as his doing that he feels terrible as to what had the widow done to him. To help his friend Jim escape an become free since in hucks point of view Jim is not property one can trade rather, his a fellow mate who has to be treated as a person not a thing.After passing an undecidible phace Huck undertands helping Jim become free is the right thing even though society might think the opposite.
In chapter 16 huck has to face a self conflicting dilema. He is faced with a decision of turning him and jim in, or lying and taking the money for his "sick father". Like everyone there is are these points in life when you have to make a self conflicting decision, where you have to pick between law or morals. This can cause a very unstable state of mind and inner turmoil. Yet he sucks it up and he decides he "will go to hell" in order to protect jim nad gain freedom for the both of them. There is no real right or wrong anwser for these decisions only due to the fact that it is based on personal opinion ,and what you choose to follow. At this point in the story we can see huck as a character maturing ,and that he is willing to go to great heights for both of them to gain their freedom.
In chapter 16, Huck faces an important moral dilemma of choosing to give up Jim, or help him to freedom. Huck knows that it is the right thing to return Jim back to Miss Watson, but then he'd feel awful and guilty knowing Jim refers to Huck as his only friend. Now, The only thing that could solve Huck's dilemma is his conscience. This is the first time in the novel that Huck uses his own conscience to solve something over societies greed and opinion. Huck now knows that he can trust himself and his conscience as he continues his adventures with Jim by his side.
Throughout chapter 16, Huck faces a dilemma that is self conflicted towards him. It's either Jim or not, lie about his "sick father" or not. Though he knows it's the right thing to do by giving Jim back to Miss Watson, it aches him knowing he's the only reliable person to Jim. Now, based off his personal opinions, Huck, being the boy who use to have no sense of morality, finally steps up and goes against his own people to help Jim obtain his freedom. At this point, we can all see the maturity of Huck, and how he's willing to sacrifice his own self for the freedom of Jim. Based off of this, Huck's dilemma shows the true nature of his character. A true sense of friendship.
In chapter 16 Huck has to decide if he is going to turn in Jim for running away or not. Th dilemma is significant because it shows Huck growing up as a person thrift problems with his own actions. In this novel shows that Huck is generous and likes Jim as a friend and doesn't want to harm him. Although the right thing to do was to turn Jim. He feels as family member not a propert. After helping Jim, " freedom" was the word that would come out of Huck's mind thinking that all society should think like that. -HECTOR ALDAMA
Huck can't help but feeling a little guilty every time that Jim mentions that thanks to huck he will soon be free. Huck knows that helping Jim escape means that he is breaking the law, but throughout the whole trip he starts to see Jim as a friend. Huck doesn't know exactly what he wants to do. This moral dilemma is significant because it shows the reader how Huck is growing as a person. He is staring to get his own views and opinions on what he thinks is right instead of what society thinks is right. He realizes that he will feel even worse if he turned Jim into the authorities so he decides that best thing to do is to keep quiet and to help him escape.
Huck's dilemma in chapter 16 is deciding on whether he should turn in Jim or help him to freedom. He reasons that he his stealing Miss Watson's slave the woman who taught him books and religion and manners, and he's repaying her by stealing her property. While Huck is reasoning, Jim goes on about what he's going to do once he gets to a free state. He is going to save up his money until he has enough to go back to the South and buy his wife and his two children from the farms. If that doesn't work, he says, he'll just steal them. This bothers Huck even more, then Jim continuously thanks Huck for helping him. Huck is now indecisive on what to do. Hucks character at this point has grown to think for himself and reason right from wrong. His character has matured in some ways. Huck is facing an internal conflict.
Dilemma- 1. a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives 2. any diffcult or perplexing situation or problem, synonym for dilemma: A Pickle. In other words one of Huck's moral pickles. In chapter 16 Huck is torn between doing what society thinks is right and what he feels is for the greater good. To Huck it's either being the good citizen he wants to be and turn his only friend in as the run away slave he is or help Jim, a person that could possibly be a best friend for life, get his freedom completly. Of course seeing the situation like that makes the choose somewhat obvious to a reader as to just keep a secret about a friend but in Hucks eyes both choices seem to have equal weight. In the end Huck feels entirely guilty about thing to turning in Jim so he doesnt. The signifacnce in this isnt all what Huck decides to do in the end its that Huck is now realizing that he can make his own descisons. Although from the descison he made you can see that Huck has natrual good morals.
Huck had a series of dilemmas when he finds himself in the struggle to help society or his friend. He fights with his conscience on whether it was a good choice to help Jim be a free slave or did he do wrong on helping him escape. In this point his teaching himself from right or wrong, but in every reason he comes up with it seems to be the correct one. In one point Jim consider Huck his friend which made Huck feel guilty if he tells on him, but if he sees it the other way around he was lying to society by hiding Jim and he was also stealing somebody's property. At the end he comes with the decision to help his friend and go against society. At the end Huck made a radical change by thinking for himself and fight for what he believes in.
In Chapter 16, Huck is torn between the decision of doing what he feels is right and what society thinks is right. Huck feels that its good that he is helping Jim be a free slave but yet is caught in feeling that he is doing wrong helping in helping Jim be a free slave because of what he has learned from society.In the end Huck feels that the right thing to do is help his friend Jim by thinking for himself and believing what he thinks is right. ~Mark Gonzales
In this course of chapter 16, Huck has these dilemmas that he encounters that are self-troubling to his mental state, because he is stuck between what's right and what's wrong. Jim wants freedom for his children, wife, and himself. Huck feels like it was his fault for Jim's escape from his owner and he fights with his conscience by either telling on Jim or letting him go. The reason why he also wants to tell on Jim is because he doesn't want him to steal away his wife and children from a man that has done no harm to him. Huck's character shows how he slowly encounters decisions that he has to make and consider that will affect the future.
One of the dilemmas that was encountered by Huck in Chapter 16 was that he didn't know what to do , the right or the wrong. Huck was undecided not knowing if he should turn Jim in for the escape or just help his friend out to reach his freedom in Cairo. Throughout the story, Huck and Jim have been spending lots of time together and Huck starts seeing Jim as a friend. He decides to help Jim escape to Cairo to get his freedom he deserves. Huck starts feeling guilty on what he just did. On there journey, Huck greets two men asking for a runaway slave and if Huck has seen one. Huck doesn't know what to say , so he comes up with a story and lies. He tells them that his father is sick and is suffering some type of smallpox. After the men heard that they give Huck twenty dollars and depart. Jim was hiding when that was occurring and once they left he came out from his hiding spot and thanks Huck for not telling them. Huck and Jim continued to look for Cairo in the fog. They had no idea where they were at or if they already passed it. In Chapter 16 it shows that Huck is being a good friend and helping Jim out.
Huck, in Chapter 16, has to decide if he should turn Jim in for running away, or not. Huck is torn with a difficult decision because he is always trying to do what is right. He always tries to do what is right and thinks about how it will affect others. He comes off to the reader as a boy growing in a time when America was segregated and has a to live in rough times. As he is trying to make a decision, we can see how much Huck's mind is changing and how he is maturing. As the story goes on he considers Jim to be one of his close friends, this leads towards his decision when he decides to help Jim get out of his troubles. This shows what he will go through to help out his friend in his times of trouble.
Huck is faced with the trouble of deciding whether or not to turn in Jim. He goes on fighting the internal conflict of what is right and what is not. He was raised in times where slavery was encouraged but was it morally right. Huck always tries to do what is right by everyone but not everyone is affected the same way. It is the fact that Huck is the only real friend Jim has ever had that is what stops Huck from turning in Jim. It is in these choices that Huck is forced to become mature for these are decisions that should not have to be made by children.
Huck’s moral dilemma in chapter 16 dealt with his actions of helping the slave Jim become a free man. In this chapter Huck’s southern conscience makes him contemplate turning Jim in. His conscience tells him that helping Jim escape is stealing from the Widow, but his moral sense tells him that turning Jim in would be betraying a friend. Huck asked himself why he should help Jim escape Miss Watson when she’s never done anything against him. But his moral sense also made him want to help Jim and keep his word to not tell on him. In the end of this chapter Huck’s moral sense over rides his southern conscience to turn Jim in.
There is a very hard decision Huck has to make. Jim is a friend to Huck, but turning him in its just the right thing to do. But Huck also wants to help him out on becoming free. Huck thinks about what he should do, and if he helps Jim, Miss Watson never did anything bad to Huck. So Huck is a good guy who would rather help a friend out of problems.
In chapter 16, Huck faces a very important dilemma in whether he turn in Jim to Miss Watson or he continue his jouney on with Jim to Cairo to get his freedom that he deserves. Huck knows that if he turns in Jim then that will be the right thing to do but he will also fell guilty and sad inside because Jim refers Huck as a really good friend. Now, the only way to solve Hucks dilemma is his conscience. This is the first time in the novel that Huck uses his conscience to solve a problem in his life. Huck now knows he can trust his conscience and also himself as he continues his jouney on with Jim.
When Jim mentions how soon he will be free, Huck feels guilty. Huck knows that helping Jim escape is breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. Huck is trapped in a difficult moral dilemma. Huck realizes he will feel even worse if he just turns Jim into the authorities, and decides it would be best to let him escape. He is trying to make the right choice. Huck has to make a big decision and this shows how Huck is growing as a person. He is making a decision that could have dangerous outcomes for both him and Jim if something were to go wrong.
In chapter 16, Huck has to make a very hard decision. Jim mentions all of the things he would do when he is free. Huck starts feeling guilty and doesn't know if he should turn in Jim for running away or help him escape. Huck knows that helping Jim escape is breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. As he is trying to make a decision, we can see how Huck's conscience is changing. And shows that Huck will help his friend instead.
huck is faced with the moral challenge of deciding whether or not to turn in Jim. Now he really has been thinking about not turning him in because he feels it isn't the right thing to do. On the other hand he feels that Jim is considered a runaway so he should turn him in. Once the opportunity comes he decides not to turn in Jim. Huck has shown a lot of maturity and has proven living on his own is not a problem. huck is protrayed as more mature in the dilemmas he faces while helping jim escape, and he has proven to have a good moral sense of the situation. he is doing the right thing by helping a friend even if it is not legal.
In this chapter Huck's conscience troubles him deeply about helping Jim scape. Huck goes out in the canoe to check , having secretly resolved to give Jim up. But Huck's heart softens when he hears Jim call out that Huck is his only friend. Huck comes upon some men who want to search his raft for escaped slaves but Huck lies and tell the men that his family is on board and that they have the smallpox, The men, fearing infection back away and tell Huck to go further downstream. Huck feels at this time like he did wrong but right at the same time, Huck re solves to disregard morality in the future and do what's handiest.
Huck seems to be maturing, he is starting to live life by not having all these people up on his ear telling him what to do. Huck is not necessarily free, to getting what he wants to do with his life but his getting there. In chapter 16 he has to cost between these two big choices, obeying the law or protecting his friend. This case isn't about doing what the law says its about doing what YOU think is right. Huck fears that he will get caught for lying, but he also feels like he did the right thing. Huck is finally living by deciding on his own choises, and that is making him more mature, he is finally "growing up".
Huck Finn's biggest dilemma through out chapter 16 is configuring if he should turn Jim in back to Mrs. Watson. Huck feels like its the reasonable conclusion to come to, but he also feels like he shouldn't because Jim refers to Huck as his good, trustworthy friend. Huck is stuck on decisions, but listening to his conscious is how he will come across with the reasonable solution. In my opinion, Huck is turning into someone responsible, because he knows right from wrong. Huck knows that both things will make him feel guilty but he has to be smart enough to be able to make the correct decisions on his own without depending on anyone. If he continues the journey without Jim, it will probably show him that he could do things alone, and could only rely on himself. It develops positive and negative consequences but that's what makes an individual responsible. Making yourself independent.
Huck is in one of the most difficult times, were there is slavery for the blacks. Huck is in a big dilemma . Mrs. Watson is asking everyone to turn in all the blacks for slavery. Since Huck is trying to help out Jim he does not want to turn him in , he sees him as a friend. Huck is stuck in the middle from choosing whether or not to turn him in. This decision is going to be based on what Huck thinks is the right thing to do. If Huck does not turn Jim in he knows he can get into serious trouble and will end up living with the guilt of not turning Jim in.
In chapter sixteen Huck is going through a big dilemma. Huck now has to decide wether to turn in Jim or to help Jim get his freedom. Jim and Huck have become extreamly close throught the story. Huck is in conflict with himself he does not know what to do. However when Jim acknowledges that Huck is his only true friend Huck`s heart softens and he then realizes that Jim and himself only have each other. Throught the story Huck has shown to be a tough and independent character.Although he is just a kid he is a well built character with good morals.
Like everyone else, Huck is faced with another dection that will cause the law and moral values to collide. He ponders between turning Jim in or freeing him but with the consequence of lying and taking the money for his "ill father". This will either portray that he has the power to do what is right or that he should follow society and turn Jim in. Huck doesn,t turn Him in and therefore gives himself a boost of confidence. He learns to listen to himself instead of others.
Huck faces a series of dilemmas throughout chapter 16. Huck knows that he shouldn't turn in Jim but on the other side he knows that if he doesn't turn him in his going to be helping him escape. Huck can't stand feeling guilty because Jim states that he is going to soon be free thanks to Huck. This dilemma is very significant in the novel because Huck is between doing what people want or doing what he thinks it's better. In the end Huck doesn't turn in Jim this shows that Huck is starting to make his own decisions and not listening to the society opinions.
In chapter 16, Huck faces many dilemmas that all revolve around whether to help Jim escape to freedom or turn him in. Huck has some trouble about helping Jim run away from his ”rightful owner” who has done a lot for Huck, Miss Watson. Huck decides to keep going with Jim after he tells Huck that he's the only friend he has that can keep a promise. However, later on in the chapter Huck is faced with more complications and needs to lie for Jim not to get caught. He lies about his family being sick and he takes money from some men who want to help. He thinks to himself that it would have been easier to just turn Jim in but decides he would have felt bad either way. Throughout this chapter Huck learns that he wants to do what's ” handiest” and not listen to others.
Huck plan is to escape from where he came from and help Jim to his freedom. There's just one problem, is not as easy as Huck thought. With a runaway slave, running away without being seen is difficult.He has to pick weather to turn Jim in or not. But when seen and asked, he has to lie that he would turn in any runaway slave and is given 20 dollars for his promise. Huck then realizes it would be much easier if he just turned Jim to them but it would make him feel guilty. And so he decides to keep Jim and keeps making fake stories to protect Jim and himself. -Julia Martinez
In chapter 16 Huck has many moral dilemmas, and they are basically on whether or not to turn in Jim. He starts to think back on what he had been taught and that had nothing to do with helping slaves which is what he was doing. Huck at this point decides to help Jim even though the right thing to do was to turn him in, he feels that the right thing to do is to help him be free and to try and fight for his family. -Daniel Martinez
When Huck faces the decision whether to turn in Jim or not, he is also faced with a moral dilemma. He is uncertain at first because if he helps Jim then he is morally right as a friend but morally wrong in society. If he turns Jim in then he is morally right in society but morally wrong as a friend. That being said ultimatly Huck has to decide if he wants to be a good friend to Jim or just another part of the slave owning society. In the end he chooses to be a good friend to Jim. The signifigance of this is that it shows that Huck is not a bad guy as he is portrayed in previous chapters. It also shows that Huck cares about Jim and that he is capable of being someone to trust and rely on. In chapter 16 the reader can tell that Hucks character is evloving into a better person and not just some hooligan kid. -Domminique Lopez
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with a extremely difficult decision that requires a lot of thinking. As he is fleeing to his freedom with Jim on his side, he gets caught and lies saying he would turn in any runaway slave he sees. For his "promise" he gets 20 dollars. Then he begins to think. He can either choose to give Jim up and turn him in and live with the guilt or keep telling endless lies to save Jim from slavery. This shows that Huck is becoming older and more aware of reality and can now think more rationally about his decisions and not only how they affect him, but how they affect other people as well.
Throughout chapter 16, Huck is developing his own morals and his own sense of right from wrong, even if it differs from the society. Huck is conflicted whether to turn Jim into the authorities or help him get his freedom. Huck protects Jim by using his quick thinking and intelligence. This is significant because it shows the reader how Huck starts to see Jim as a person and not just a slave. He is maturing as a person with good morals and developing his own identity.
Huck dilemmas is to turn jim to these men who are looking for escape slave or keep hiding jim. Huck know what decision he would make when he hears jim call huck his only friend. Huck lies to the men that his family has a horrible disease called smallpox, and the men dont want to deal with any sick people. In Huck mind he thinks he did a horrible thing not turning in jim to those men. We can see that huck is slowly changing throughout the chapter, and is becoming great friend with jim.
Huck has to go through a dilemma of whether or not he should turn in Jim. Throughout chapter16 Huck's conscience reveals a difficult choice he has to make. Should he help Jim into freedom or should he return him back to Miss.Watson. Jim had also influenced Hucks decision by telling him thanks for helping him and being a good friend. Huck begins to feel guilty and starts to have second thoughts. Huck knows its the right thing to turn in Jim. But in the end Huck choses to help his friend and choses what feels right for him.
Around Chapter 16 Huck faced that difficult decision in which led him to create as if he were in a war with his conscious. He knew that turning his own friend, Jim, of course is the wrong thing to do. It was a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. With that Huck understood it was the right thing to do to turn Jim in as much as it were to be wrong as well. It kind of opened up Huck's mind to realize that this man was his friend, his companion, someone who he trusts, and so with that thought he accepted that it was a valuable relationship they had, Jim and him. This event showed the maturing side of Huck with the ability to make an important decision, and somewhat a compassionate side.
In chapter 16 Huck faces many dilemmas. Huck has been pressured by his conscious to either tell on Jim that he is a runaway slave. This impact has made Huck decided if the relationship between him and Jim is all worth the lying. The thinking continues and Huck finally realizes that Jim is a friend, they have a bond, and he can trust Jim. He then realizes that he did the right thing by not giving someone like Jim up. This action of Hucks shows how he can pick friendship over mind. As well as maturirty in the growing Huckle Berry Finn. -Bernice Luna
Huck has had his share of dilemmas throughout the book but in chapter 16 he faces one of his worse ones. He has to choose to either try to help Jim and help him escape as he is a runaway or turn him in. Huck struggles with this decision and that helps him grow more as a person. In the end he ends up helping Jim escape because he is a friend that he can trust and he makes up his mind by going against what society might think is wrong. It shows that Huck does value friendship more than anything.
In these chapters, Huck is faced with the decision on whether or not he should tell on Jim. Huck tells us that he would turn him in but would be left with the guilt of knowing he had given Jim such high hopes of freedom just to strip it away in seconds. Up to this point, we are shown that Huck is showing signs of maturity and, quote Dayjah Harris, "he comes to the realization that doing what society thinks is the right thing, is not always the morally right thing to do."
In chapter 16, Huck faces a dilemma that can change Jim’s life. He has to choose whether or not to return Jim back to Miss Watson. Hucks dilemma increases because they live in a time period when there were slaves in America. Jim increases Huck’s guilt, by thanking him for helping him and being his companion. Huck is condemned for helping a runaway, but also wants to help him to have an opportunity of freedom. -Yesenia Escobar
Throughout the whole story Huck has been pretty selfish and have some pretty crappy values and character. But in chapter 16 he starts to find him self and help others like Jim who is so excited to be almost free. Huck is torn as to turn Jim in for being a run away slave but he decides not to because he is the only one that Jim can depend on. Even though he was raised in the south and that blacks are property and have no rights Jim is still his friend who has been with him since the start of the story. Although he feels bad for the old lady that has lost her property he wants to help his close friend.
In chapter 16 Huck is stuck in a dilemma of helping Jim to freedom or giving him up. Huck feels like its a reasonable to tyrn him in, but Jim is Huck's only trustworthy friend. Huck is maturing on doing things on his own. He uses his conscious to make what he thinks is the right, good thing to do. At this point Huck is becoming responsible by making his mind up on his own and not relying on anybody to helo him decide. Although Huck knows bith decisions have their pros and cons Huck will take innitiative to make hia choice. Either choice will make Huck grow as a better person and teach him what being responsible is.
In chapter 16 Huck is faced with a decision that can go both ways. He thinks about whether or not he should turn in Jim. He begins by thinking about all the things Miss Watson has done for him. Providing for food, a house, clothes and even education. His conscience tells him what has Miss Watson ever done to him for her to deserve to be lied to, and how could he see her nigger run off and not say a single word. Then he looks at the relationship he has with Jim and how it is only becoming stronger each day they spend together. Jim has told Huck that he considers him a true friend and that he will never forget him. Jim also tells Huck his plan when he becomes a free man and Huck realizes how is he going to get in the way of this mans dream of being free and reuniting with his family. I can see that Huck is very smart and looks deep into his situations and makes sure he does the right thing even if it comes with regret, guilt and hurt feelings of others.
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with moral dilemmas in whether he should turn in a good friend Jim, a runaway slave who, is looking for opportunities and freedom for him and his family. Torn between rules and morals of society and his heart, Huck goes back and forth and chooses not to turn Jim in to the authorities. Significantly deep down Huck only has good intentions and wants to truly help Jim. Although he feels that he should turn Jim over to Mrs. Watson, Huck ultimately is willing to do anything for Jim, even if he did have to lie. This shows the reader how important Jim and his friendship are to Huck. At this point Huck, also illustrates that he is a growing young man with courage and loyalty.
Huck faces a difficult decision, choosing between his upbringing and his morals. Huck feels that it would be the right thing to hand Jim over to the authorities. That is his upbringing influencing his dilemma because in the world he was brought up in, slavery was okay. But Jim also happens to be his friend and his morals tell him that handing him to the authorities and his "rightful owner" Miss Watson would cause him incredible guilt. In the end, when Jim says Huck is the only person to have kept a promise, Huck decides to help harbor his runaway friend which defines Huck as a morally sound person.
In chapters 15-20, the reader can start to see Huck's character developing and realize him growing as a person. He starts to understand the difference between what's right and wrong. After Jim runs away he feels for him, he conflicted as to whether he should turn him in, but knows how horrible he would feel for betraying a friend. On the other hand, when the two men approach him, his conscience tears him apart, knowing turning him in is the right thing to do. He then realizes that Jim is friend and sees that their friendship means more to him than turning him in. Even though what Jim was doing was against the law, Huck still believed he did he right thing by staying true to his friend.
Huck has a big problem in chapter 16. He is torn between the fact that his friend Jim did something illegal. Hck does not know wether tho turn in his friend or be a good friend and let him be free . Once the 2 men come looking for the black people , Huck lied to them and he recived money. He lied and said his father was ill and the men had backed away because they didn't wanna become ill. Huck is capable of lying or keeping a secret if he did it already. But once he recived the money , he knew it was wrong to not have turned in Jim . I believe he knows right from wrong , he was just in a difficult place to choose.
in Chapter 16 huck is faced with a moral decision that test his friendship and loyalty. the authority's are looking for hucks good friend jim, a runaway slave, and huck is faced with the choice to turn him in or lie which will save him. In this time period african americans are treated horribly and huge majority has the same racist mind set. Although here it is show that hucks friendship with jim surpasses what is considered right in that time period ,so he lies to save jim. This to me shows huck is a good person who is able to look beyond everything to do what is right for his friends.
In Chapter 16 Huck is faced with a moral decision revolving around his friendship with Jim, him keeping his word, lying, and standing up to slavery. Jim and Huck have spend a lot of time together and as a friend Huck feels guilty turing Jim into the men hunting runaway slaves. He gave Jim his word to take him to Cairo and he does not want to brake his word, especially to a friend. Taking the money from the slave hunters is also a moral issue for him because he is not being honest. Huck has to make a choice between freedom and slavery, right from wrong, and the limits he must go through to survive and make money to keep going.
In chapter 16 Huck is facing many moral challenges. One of the main challenges is whether or not to turn in Jim. In chapter 16, it states that Huck has secretly come to the decision to give up Jim. However he doubts his choice when Jim tells Huck that he is his only friend. Along the way to Cairo Huck runs into a "test," he runs into some men who state that they are looking for run away slaves. Huck decides to save Jim and invent a story to turn the men off his path. It works and Jim and Huck continue on their journey, along with some money the slave hunters gave Huck.
Huck comes to a fork in the road when trying to decide whether he should turn in Jim as a runaway or not. Huck shows indecisiveness when morals are brought up. He thinks that turning Jim in would be the “right” thing to do, but he knows that he’s all that Jim has. So Huck guilt trips himself into a funk. He believes that Jim is no less than anyone else and that he isn’t property to be sold or traded. Huck finally steps up and does what he believes is right; he doesn’t let society influence his thought. Knowing the consequences of his actions, Huck is willing to risk his well being to save a friend. From Huck not having morality at all to growing up and making decisions for not only himself but for a friend shows how he’s matured throughout the story.
In this chapter Huck is fighting between turning in Jim or not. Throughout this whole story he has been all about doing the right thing and also worrying about what everyone might think. Huck in this chapter is in a dilemma that is very significant because in this time America had slaves, and the right thing to do was turn in "niggers" that would run away. As always Huck wants to do the right thing and he is in a huge dilemma, between being right with society and turning in Jim, or being right with Jim and keeping everything a secrete.
In chapter 16, Huck was faced with a mind-splitting decision of whether or not to turn in Jim as a runaway slave. Huck's conscience was screaming, "But you knowed he was running for his freedom, and you could a paddled ashore and told somebody." Just as Huck was ready to turn Jim in, Jim reminded him of their friendship, "Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on'y white gentleman dat ever kep' his promise to ole Jim." Huck got sick over this, however, he was unable to turn in Jim, and figured he would be better off not turning him in. This shows Huck is a loyal, and trustworthy. -Lorenzo Lambert
In chapter 16 Huck has to decide on whether to tun in Jim or not. He even stats to fight himself on wether or not to do it. But he then decides to do the right thing and help Jim into escaping. He was also renembering how Jim called him a true friend and how a nice person he was. After he tells the men that Jim was his father and not a runaway slave the men give Huck 20 dollars to help him.
Leonard A. Lafoe The moral dilemma that Huck faces in chapter sixteen is that he is a southern boy helping a slave to freedom. He was raised to accepted that slavery was just an everyday part of life and anyone who said otherwise was not socially accepted by society. He feels as if he has betrayed the widow by helping Jim escape, and his conscience is tearing him apart. Every time that Jim talks about his plans once he's free, it just makes things worse for Huck. Going against the social norm in any society at any time period is always one of the hardest things someone can do.
Huck reaches a point in his journey where he has to decide if he should continue it alone or with Jim. At first he felt it would be the right thing to turn him back to the widow. The widow was nothing but kind to Huck, he felt wrong helping her slave runaway. He also knew he would have a guilty conscious either way if he helped Jim or not. He did give Jim his word on helping him become free. Huck ends up keeping his word with Jim and continues to help him reach the north.
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with a moral dilemma. He is torn between turning in his friend Jim to the authorities as a runaway slave. Huck knows that turning Jim in would be the right thing to do but he also knows that Jim has helped him in his journey and that he would be turning his back on a friend. The decision Huck made, which was to not turn in Jim, explains a lot about his character. Huck put friendship first and law second, meaning he is dependable. -Shandea Linney
Huck faces a series of dilemmas throughout chapter 16 . He has to decide on turning Jim in or continue its journey with him to Cairo. But when his face with some men looking for run away slaves Huck has to lie that he would turn in any runaway slave and is given 20 dollars for his promise. Huck then realizes it would be much easier if he just turned Jim to them but it would make him feel guilty. Huck decides to keep Jim and continues making fake stories to protect Jim and himself. Later Huck has trouble thinking if what he did was wrong or what he decide to do was a mistake. From this point Huck has been categorized as a good fellow that doesn't betray its friends and its learning day by day what's right and wrong. - Jennifer Arreola
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with a self-conscious conflict. Huck has to decide whether to return Jim to Miss Watson or to help him get to freedom. He begins to remember all the good things Miss Watson had done for him so he thinks, "What did that poor old woman do to you, that you could treat her so mean?" As he begins to paddle ashore to turn Jim in, Jim tells Huck that he is his best friend and the only friend he has. Huck feels sick having to make a hard decision like this. In the end Huck lies and decides to help Jim. This goes to show how Huck has really grown close to Jim at this point in the book and how loyal he is to him.
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with a moral conflict that involves receiving money from two strangers for a false claim. After a while, Huck begins to feel guilty and wonder whether or not he did the right thing accepting it. He came to realize that he should be okay with it due to his upbringing. Throughout the duration of the story, Huck uses his upbringing as an excuse to do many morally unacceptable things. However, this is not the case when he is told that he could make money by returning runaway slaves. By not turning in Jim, it is safe to say that Huck has realized that there are more rewarding things in life that just looking out for himself in a selfish way. At this point in the story, Huck begins to rely less customs based on his upbringing and starts to focus on what the morally correct decision would be. -Andrea Rodriguez
In chapter 16 as Huck faces dilemas, it has its own significance. A dilema such as Huck must decide wether or not to turn in Jim for 20$ or keep him safe with him. Huck has flash backs to where he can remember that Jim has always been there for him, and has been told that he is his only bestfriend; which makes him think twice about his action. Therefore, at this point of the story, Hucks character is more reliable, trustworthy, and independent because he is stuck making a big decision that can affect both him and Jim.
huck is finally relizing that the choices he makes can be good or bad so he covers for jim because hes kinda torn between good or bad so hes stuck with a burden that could change his life and jims life dramaticly which makes him think twice about his decisions in life ALEX ZAMORA
In chapter 16 Huck faces an internal battle within his self, on Huck and Jim's journey to find Cairo Huck comes face to face with slave hunters. These men ask Huck if he has seen or knows of any slaves that are lingering about. Huck tells them that he doesn't know about any slaves, and proceeds to tell them a lie of how is father is extremely ill. The men feeling sorry for poor young Huck fully believe his made up tale, give Huck 20 dollars each. Huck feels that he is going against all the morals that hes been brought up on, by not turning in Jim. However on this quest that him and Jim have embarked on together he views Jim, not as a slave but as a friend. Jim has become someone that Huck trusts and i'd even venture to say values as a person. At this point in the novel i feel that Huck is transforming from a scared child to a brave and loyal young man.
Huck was faced with the conflict of keeping his word or obeying the white men. Staying true to his promise Huck lies to the men to protect Jim. The men believed pap was with Huck and ill with small-pox. Huck proved his loyalty and trust to Jim by keeping him a secret. The lie got Huck a bit of money, but made him feel low and guilty. After debating whether or not he had done the right thing Huck decides he would not think of it anymore.
In chapter 16 Huck faces many moral dilemmas. The most significant dilemma that huck faces is the one that he has with Jim. Huck knows that breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. Due to this Huck is trapped in a difficult moral dilemma. After a long time of reasoning with himself, Huck realizes that he will feel worse if he turned Jim into the authorities. He ends up deciding that it would escape and not turn him into the authorities. This is a hard decision that huck faces that can have an affect on both him and Jim in the future. This shows how Huck has transformed into a loyal and trustworthy individual. -David A. Gomez
Chapter 16 consists with one dilemma that Huck has. Huck has to decide between turning in Jim to Mrs. Watson or not. Huck knows that not turning in Jim would be breaking the law. Huck also knows that Jim considers him as one of his only friends. Huck is confused with what he could do, either to hurt his friends feelings and returning him towards slavery or help him get freedom. -Ismael Sosa
In chapter 16 Huck faces many moral dilemmas, the most difficult one he faces is the one that involves Jim. He does not know wither to turn in his friend or stay quite about it. After having flashbacks about his friendship with Jim he remembers how Jim was always there for him no matter what so in return Huck decided to stay loyal to his best friend and not go behind his back and betray him. This show hows trust worthy Huck is towards his best friend and as a person in general.
Huck's conscience debates with him on weather to turn Jim in or to help him run away. Huck didn't like how Jim kept speaking of his freedom is he escapes successfully, because it made him feel guilty. Huck knows he gave him his word not to give him in, but the same deal makes him uneasy of the situation. Jim soon tells Huck that he is the best friend Jim has ever had and it makes the debate worse. Later Huck paddles alone for information and meets some men looking for run away slaves and wish to see Huck's raft. He then tricks them and doesn't give Jim up. -Cristian Nunez
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with dilemma on wether he should turn in Jim or help him keep his freedom. Huck is stuck in a difficult situation because he is always trying to do the right thing. Huck makes his decision and chooses not to turn in Jim to the authorities. Huck wanted to help Jim because he's his friend and because he thought how it would affect him. Although he wanted to turn him in to Mrs. Watson he was willing to lie for his friend. As he made this decision we can see that Huck is maturing and that his mind is changing. Fernie Dominguez
In chapter 16, one of the dilemmas that Huck has is that when the men said that they have been catching niggers, Huck starts lying so they wouldn't find out about Jim. Each men gives twenty dollars to Huck for the lie he said that his father is sick. Huck also faces a moral dilemma in which he is decisive on whether he should turn Jim in, for he is a runaway, or help him escape. The dilemma is significant because it shows Huck growing as a person through a struggle with his own conscience.
Huck faces many dilemas in chapter 16, for example, he is strugguling with the decision of turning Jim in because he is a runaway. This shows that Huck cares for Jim and means no harm to him. Huck, along the way starts looking at Jim as a friend, and that makes his desicion harder.Huck is always trying to do the right thing. At this point in the story, Hucks character has learned to decide between what's good and what's wrong.
In chapter 16 Huck one of the dilemmas he faces is to whether turn Jim or help him escape. Huck has flash backs to where he can remember that Jim has always been there for him, and has been told that he is his only best friend which makes him think twice. The dilemma is important because it shows Huck turning into a good boy from being a bad boy through fighting with his conscience to do whats right.
In chapter 16 the main dilemma Huck faces is whether he should turn in Jim or not. As Huck and Jim go off together, Jim goes on about telling Huck what he will do once he's a free man which would be save up to buy his wife and son which are down in the South. If that wouldn't be able to happen he would find a way to steal them. Huck was bothered by that and had second thoughts about if to return Jim back to Miss Watson or not because Jim considers Huck as his only friend and would end up feeling bad. Huck finally had to make his own decision of what he thinks is the right thing to do. Huck ends up trusting Jim and they both continue on their adventure. -Brittany Velasco.
So far Huck has been in it for him, thinking about ways to benefit himself. This changes in Chapter 16 when he is confronted with men who are looking for slaves to take for money and he has a choice between lying about Jim or taking the money. He realizes Jim has always been there for him which makes him re-evaluate himself and chooses to stick with Jim. This is major because Jim has changed Huck's personality from being self-centered to considerate of others. Jim's turned him in a way that may change Huck's future actions.
In chapter 16 Huck is faced with an important moral dilemma of choosing to give up his good friend Jim, or help guide him to freedom. Knowing that the right thing to do is to take Jim back to Miss Watson, Huck realizes that turning Jim in would have him fell guilty and awful knowing that to Jim Huck was his only good friend. Deep down Huck only has good intentions and wants to help Jim. His conscience is what helps him make the decision and to solve a situation over what the society said. Huck knows that he can trust himself and his conscience as he continues his adventures with Jim by his every move. - Savannah Ortivez
Chapter 16 shows how Huck's morals and maturity has developed throughout the story. He is faced with the problem of giving up Jim when some men stop his raft and tell him they're looking for escaped slaves. Instead, he does what he believes is right and lies. This shows Huck's independence since he does the opposite of what most of society would of done and this shows how the relationship between Huck and Jim has grown throughout the story.
Huck is stuck with the decision to turn in Jim as a runaway slave, or continue to help Jim make his way to freedom as Huck's friend. Huck thinks about the two choices he has: betray Miss Watson and help Jim escape, or turn in his friend because it is the lawful thing to do. As Huck and Jim approach what they believe is Cairo, Jim praises Huck and calls him his best and only friend for helping him become free. When the opportunity presents itself to turn Jim in, Huck just couldn't get himself to do it. Instead, he continues doing what he was doing in the first place. Though Huck is struck with guilt, he realizes that even if he had turned Jim in, he still would've felt bad.
In chapter 16, Huck faces a struggle between what is morally right and what is ethically right. Huck begins to believe that by turning Jim in, he would feel the pressure of allowing Jim to be free weigh off of him, and even more so when Jim talks about buying his wife and/or stealing his kids. On page 82-83 Huck thinks, "Here was this nigger which I had as good as helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and saying he would steal his children- children that belonged to a man I didn't even know;a man that hadn't ever done me no harm.", indicating that thinking of turning in a run-away slave was very common. But it tore Huck because he had grown fond of Jim, not as a servant, but as a friend, almost on the same level as Tom, and he knew that either way he would feel horrible about what the outcome would be. In the end when Huck says that Jim was white, and tricked the men that his "pap" had the small-pox, they each gave him a 20 dollar gold piece to help him and his "father". I think after that event he also began to think to himself that it is troublesome to do the right thing. He has already let go of religion and has created a more realistic mind set of doing things the way he sees fit. The dilemma he faced, is beginning to push him more to be a better person, morally, without his realization.
Huck has gone threw many dilemmas but this situation must have been the hardest one for him. He had to choose whether coming out clean to the law or staying loyal to a friend. The fact that he chose Jim, whom was considered as the " bad thing", really does tell a lot about Huck. Jim and Huck have grown to become really good friends, not only that but he has learned how to be caring and understanding towards other people. -Eurydice Siqueiros
In chapter 16, Huck faces a moral dilemma in which he is decisive on whether he should turn Jim in, for he is a runaway, or help him escape.Huck knows that the right thing to do is to return Jim back to Mrs. Watson, but then he would feel terrible and guilty, because he knows that Jim refers to him as his only friend. He proved his loyalty and trust to Jim by keeping him a secret from the authorities.Huck's character shows the reader how he slowly encounters decisions that he has to make and considers how his decision will affect the future. The significance in this, is that Huck has realized that he can make his own decisions and that he has natural good morals. He was in a tough situation, but he put his friend before the law, which shows a lot about Huck. -Vivian Gomez
In this chapter, Jim begins to realize just how close he is to freedom. In hearing this, Huck become fully aware of what he is actually accomplishing. He begins to deliberate within his own self about what he should actually do. He then starts to think about how Miss Watson would have wanted him to do the “right” thing and turn Jim in. However, Huck has become very fond of his new friend, which keeps him from making a decision. The importance of this quandary is very high, because it’s going to affect Jim for the rest of his life. Since Huck makes the choice of not ratting out Jim, the reader can tell that his morals are changing. Huck is becoming a different person in that now he cares for another being other than himself. He decides to protect his friend even thought the average person in the south, wouldn’t have.
Huck debating whether or not to turn Jim in shows how his mindset has changed. During that time if a white person encountered a runaway colored, they wouldn't have even thought twice about turning them in. It shows he has surpassed the level everybody in that time was stuck on. During the time Huck has been with Jim, it seems that he's trying to find himself. He's trying to get away from the disastrous living his dad forced upon him, and the upscale life the widow tried to force upon him also.
In chapter 16 Hucks moral dilemma is wether or not he should turn in Jim. Jim then also tells huck that when he's free he's going to save money and free his family and if they wouldn't set them free he would hire someone to steal them. This begins to make huck think "..belonged to a man I didn't even know; a man that hadn't ever done me no harm" this is what caused huck to want to turn in Jim. But when Jim told huck how he was a good friend and was the only friend that kept his promise, and that huck was his only friend now. This makes huck want to keep his promiseto Jim. ~Jeanette Martinez
Earlier in the novel, we get a sense of loneliness coming from Huck. When Jim came along, we understand a sense of comfort from Huck because he knew he wasn't going to be alone. Then in chapter 16, Huck is faced with a self-conflicting dilemma as to whether or not he should turn Jim so as to obtain money for his capture. He came to a realization that Jim was there to help all through this time even despite hardships and trial. Huck making the decision to not turn in Jim showed a deep sense of altruism as he was probably for once putting the interest of another ahead of himself. By Huck's selfless action, we see a change of character, almost as if a coming of age moment.We acquire an impression of maturity and responsibility on Huck's part. These dilemmas are significant because it shows Huck's determination to do what he desires to do and to make sure nothing is going to stand in his way of obtaining the freedom that Jim and himself so longingly desire.
At this point of the story, Huck has to decide weather to go with his instincts and turn Jim in,(to the slave hunters)or to go against Ms. Watson and lie to keep Jim's freedom. Huck knows its the right thing to do to by telling on Jim, but if he does so, he will end up felling terrible and regret his decision. This is a hard decision for Huck because in both sides he will end up feeling guilty. What Huck proves in these chapters, is that he doesn't see Jim as a slave, he sees him as his friend.(which is a huge deal)Huck has changed, by putting someone other than himself before him. This showed a lot about Huck's character in that he has realized that his decisions can affect his future. Huck lied to the men, with good intentions of saving his friend. By doing this he proved that he is not a scared self-centered child anymore (like in the begging of the story) it shows that through the story he has matured into a loyal carrying young man, with natural good morals.
In Chapter 16 Huck faces a great dilemma. Huck has to make the decision of either turning in Jim to the authorities or help him to freedom. Huck makes the courageous decision of lying to the authorities and keeping his friendship with Jim. This chapter gives us more information about the type of person Huck is. Huck is a loyal trustworthy friend who although doubts himself makes good decisions that affect him and all the people around him.
When Huck is caught running away with Jim he lies and says he will turn in any runaway slave and gets 20 dollars for his promise. Huck has to decide if he should turn Jim in or not if he turns Jim in he'll look good in front of society but in the same time he'll live with the guilt of turning in a friend. In the end Huck decides to keep lying to protect Jim and him this shows that Jim has matured just by his decision. -Geraldine Morales
During these chapters, one of Huck's main dilemmas is about Jim. Since Jim is African american, they are looking for him to capture him. Huck actually think this through and takes Jim in consideration. He feels really bad for him that he lied saying he had never seen him. Jim has been the only person who has been by his side this whole time. Things would be a lot more different with and without Jim.
In chapter 15-20 Huck faces the issue of whether to turn Jim in or not. This is difficult for Huck especially in the era and type of society he is living in.Turning in Jim would mean money and thought out be as a hero but that would also would mean lsing Jim as a friend and possibly Jim getting hurt.This decision weighs on Huck's conscience. This also tells the reader that Huck is growing up in away and is developing a mature way to think .He has to decide what is the right thing to do.
The main dilemma is whether Huck should turn Jim in or not. He decides not to because he knows it is the right thing. But huck tends to guilt himself about it. He cares about everyone shoeing he is a good person.
Huck faces a dilema in this chapter which is sign of his charecter. He either can turn Jim in or help him get his freedom. When he dosent want to turn him in that says a lot about Huck and the theme of this book. Throughout these chapters Huck begins to realize that Jim is a person and that slavery is wrong. Which symbolizes that Huck is going through moral changes and he has changed a lot through these chapters. I think we will see a lot more moral changes througout the rest of this book. I also belive that these moral changes will completely change Huck by the end of this book.
In Chapters 15-20 Huck goes through a series of dilemmas that he needs to overcome. One of them being the feuds between the Stepherson and Grangerford familys. Huck talks about how he is feeling uneasy about the whole situation. So in the end he ends up leaving on the restored raft with good ole' Jim.
In chapter 16 the first dilemma Huck faces is whether or not to help Jim become free. He keeps arguing with himself how he had to turn Jim in. It shows Huck's racist side, he believes Jim should be in slavery. He keeps feeling bad for Miss Watson, how she didn't deserve to have her slave set free. Huck makes up his mind and is about to turn Jim in until Jim pulls at his heart strings. Jim tells Huck that Huck is is only friend and the first white man to keep a promise. This right here makes Huck hesitant about turning Jim in. Then he runs into men looking for runaways and this pulls Huck's heartstrings even more. Huck lies that Jim is his white father, then acts like his father has small-pox to scare the men away. Huck then decides to ignore his racist side and just help Jim become free. These are important because it shows how Huck really feels about blacks, and slavery. These dilemmas are showing how Huck is changing into a kinder young man. Even though he thinks he's doing wrong, Huck is actually starting to do good. Proving that this journey with Jim is shaping him up to be a fine young man.
One of the main dilemmas Huck faces in Chapter 16 is his growing guilt of helping Jim escape. He knows he is breaking the law but his loyalty to Jim is stronger than his morals. Huck realizes that he would feel even worse if he turned Jim in to authorities. Huck is soon confronted by two white men looking for escaped slaves, but his loyalty to Jim prevails and he covers for him; avoiding Jim’s capture. In Chapter 19, Huck avoids death during a massacre and reunites with Jim. Both begin their downward travels upon their raft. In these chapters, Huck takes on different characters in order to protect Jim; from an orphan, to a slave hunter, to a boy with a sick family, all portray Huck’s personality and desire to keep Jim free.
huck faces a series of dilemas that now he is traying to face for the wrong choices he has made. he has the dilema of turning him and jim in for helping him escape. but he whants to keep the money for his sik father. also jim considers him as his only friend. huck has to face the consecuences of his actions.
Huck is deciding if he should turn in Jim or not for running away or if he should let him go. Huck is stuck from right or wrong because Jim is a really good friend or doing the right thing. Huck decided to help his friend Jim out due to the hard times when he was growing up in America. some men show up and tell Huck that they are looking for men. Huck makes up a story in order for jim to escape. Soon Hucks starts feeling guilty for doing the wrong thing. Hucks then realizes that he want to help his friend and didn't go with what people wanted. With this you see that Hucks has matured and fights for what he wants.
Huck has made many bad decisions and now he has to deal with them. Now they are coming back to bite him. he has to decide wether to turn jim in for helping him escape or not. in jims mind huck is his only friend. but now he has to face the consequences wether he likes it or not. He should think before he acts next time.
In chapter 16 Huck has to decide if he should turn in Jim for running away, or not. His dilemmas are detailed because it shows him, as a boy growing in a time when America had slaves, deciding which choice has a greater weight. When talking about his character it shows that Huck always wants to do the right thing. While simultaneously it shows that he is intelligent enough to consider other people being affected. Also his weakness for feeling at fault for himself. In conclusion, he always tries to do what is right and thinks about how it will affect others, but has a tendency to think other than himself of the situation.
Huck has to make a hard choice, Jim talks about all of the things he would do when he is free. Huck starts feeling bad or guilty and doesn't know if he should turn him in for running away or help him out. Huck realizes that helping Jim escape is breaking the law but Jim is his friend. As he is trying to make a decision, we can see how Huck is changing and shows that Huck will help his friend instead.
Huck faces an internal battle within his self, on Huck and Jim's journey to find Cairo Huck comes face to face with slave hunters. The men each gave Huck 20 dollars for the lie when he said his father was sick. Once the men left, Huck started feeling guilty. He kept wondering whether or not he should've turned in Jim. Huck was then weirdly changed from a bad person to a good boy. -Jesus Gutierrez
Dilemmas Huck faces at this point is if he should turn in Jim or help him escape to Cairo as he had promised. Although he thought turning in Jim was the right thing to do, he didn't see him as property so he felt guilty if he would have. Huck saw Jim as a friend so helping him would be the actual right thing to do even though people didn't think so.
Huck faces a bunch of dilemmas. One of the main ones is that he is fighting himself in whether he should turn in Jim or not. Usually there was a colored person that ran away, they would turn that person in with no questions. Huck as changed his mindset about things. He sees Jim as a friend and thinks he should help him rather then turning him in. Even though that would be the right thing to do.
Chapter 16, is about Huck facing a situation that can change his life forever. The problem is that Jim thinks that Huck can help free him. Huck doesn't really know what is wrong or right anymore because his life wasn't very perfect. The way that Huck is living makes his choices even harder. Huck wants to turn in Jim but doesn't want to betray a friend. Huck conscience acts on how he reacts of just thinking about helping Jim escape. At the end Huck just wants to do the right thing and so he turned Jim in. -Bobbi Cordle
In this chapter, Huck has to choose whether to help his friend, or abide by the law and turn him in. While traveling to Cairo, Huck and Jim are stopped by two men on the lookout for five other runaway slaves. Instead of turning his friend in, he lies to the men and tells them that its his pap on the raft. With the men becoming more suspicious about Jim, Huck tells them that he's just sick. The men assumed that Huck's father was poor and both of the men put twenty dollars on a board and floated it to them. Huck proved that he doesn't budge under pressure and he understands feel terrible for turning in Jim back into slavery.
The dilemma Huck faces in Chapter 16 is when he is traveling down the river when two men looking for 5 runaway soldiers stop him. Huck has to choose whether to go against the law and save his friend or turn in him which, to the law, would be the right thing to do. Huck decides to lie to the men and ends up saving Jim. After this situation, Huck really thinks about how he would have felt if he had turned in Jim. After putting thought into it, Huck realizes that doing either thing would have made him feel the same way. This situation really proves to the reader, what kind of a person Huck is.
Huck faces a series of moral dilemmas and one of them was choosing wether to help Jim escape or turn him in. The significance in this is that he cares about him but still feels a guilt towards letting him free.At this point of the novel, it shows that Huck is considerate and smart enough to think that it's not right to have slaves and society is wrong. He fought for what he believed in and let him free. He always thinks of others and tries to do what's right.
Huck faces a series of moral dilemmas and one of them was to choose between turning Jim in and follow the law or let Jim go free and break the law. The problem was that Huck cared about Jim but knew that he would feel some sort of guilt if he would let him go. But Huck was smart enough to realize that it was not right to have slaves, he lets Jim go free and does not turn him in. Later that night, Huck started thinking about how he would've felt if he had turned Jim in and then realized that his feelings would've been the same with whatever decision he would've made because both things mattered to him. Huck showed how unselfish he was by thinking of Jims emotions and following his conscious, which was the right thing to do.
In these chapters, Huck is brought to some things that make him question his right from wrong doings. In the previous chapters, Huck and Jim are aware that Jim may have a bounty on his head, and Huck decides to escape with Jim on a journey to free states. That was one dilemma, now Huck must decide whether he should rat out Jim back to Ms. Watson. Something tells him that it would be a good thing because Ms. Watson is a fairly good white girl. When Huck and Jim think they see Cairo, Huck goes out on the canoe to check with the intention of giving up Jim. But Huck's heart is touched when he hears Jim say that Huck is his only friend. This along with arguments between Huck and Jim show that Huck is learning morally. Perhaps the most important part of the story when it comes to him learning.
In this chapter huck has to make a choice if he should turn in his friend. Who is a runaway slave or keep quiet and help him escape. While he was deciding he was able to remember how good of a friend he is. How he looked up to him and how much trust they had with each other. He decided to help him and stay friends.
Marianna portillo When huck finds himself struggling whether to help society or to help his friends, he has a series of dilemmas. He fight with his mind. He thinks it was a good choice to liberate jim so that he can be a free slave but he also thought it was wrong. He is teaching himself right things and wrong, he comes up what it seems to be the correct one. Jim considers huck his friend and that made huck feel guilty if he tells on him, he was also stealing from peoples property. At the end he ignores society and helps jim. He fights for what he believes in.
When Huck meets two guys on a boat because of an incident with their boat he lies about having a "nigger" with him to save Jim from getting caught and sent back to the widow. Huck feels bad about lying to the men and just letting Jim freely walk around but also does not want to turn Jim in. At this point on in the novel Huck grows up and becomes smarter about things. He realizes that many things like slavery are wrong and changes his point of view on many things. -Dominique Briddell
In chapter 16, Huck finds himself with two guys pursuing runaways. In this dilemma he faces two choices, giving up his friend's location, or lie to them and protect Jim's freedom. If he chose to give up Jim, it wouldn't be right for him for being untrustworthy to his only friend. If he chose to lie to the guys, it would also be wrong because of the law in society. In the end, he chose to save Jim's freedom, and reader can infer to what kind of person Huck is, a trustful friend.
On this chapter Huck is having a man vs. self dilema. Huck is trying to do what is moraly right and society right. He wants to help Jim be free, but he also feels he is being ungreatful towards Ms. Watson. Huck wants to help Jim out , but when Jim mentions he wants to steel hes children if he can't buy them back, Huck doesn't know what to do. He doesn't want to betrade Jim, but he doesn't want to let him go on with his plans. When Jim mentions Huck is his friend, Huck decides to keep helping Jim. - Genesis Ramirez
Huck has had his share of dilemmas throughout the book but in chapter 16 he faces one of his worse ones. He has to choose to either try to help Jim and help him escape as he is a runaway or turn him in. Huck struggles with this decision and that helps him grow more as a person. In the end he ends up helping Jim escape because he is a friend that he can trust and he makes up his mind by going against what society might think is wrong. It shows that Huck does value friendship more than anything. This also shows that Huck is a guy with courage and loyalty.
In chapter 16 Huck had originally planned to turn in Jim as an escaped slave, but Hucks heart softens when Jim tells Huck that he is his only friend. Soon after Huck is approached by men looking for escaped slaves. Huck is now faced with a choice, to turn in Jim or lie to the men. Huck follows his heart and lies, says he has his smallpox infected family along with him rather than an escaped slave so the men back-off and let Huck and Jim along.
Huck starts to find him self and help others like Jim who is excited to be almost free. Huck is torn as to turn Jim in for being a run away slave but he decides not to because he is the only one that Jim can depend on. Even though he was raised in the south and that blacks are property and have no rights Jim is still his friend who has been with him since the start of the story. Although he feels bad for the old lady that has lost her property he wants to help his best friend.
Huck is facing some serious dilemas. He starts to have a conscience that tells him what is wrong and right. Huck starts to look like a good person in this novel. Now that he helps Jim to run away.Huck now understands that Jim should not be treated as a thing or a slave. He helps Jim to be free. Huck´s conscience is making him is now think about helping others.
In Chapter 16, Huck faces an important moral dilemma between right and wrong. During this time slavery was the right thing. Huck has a choice to tell on Jim but then feels guilty. He then decides that Jim shouldn't be treated as a slave . He then thinks of Jim as his only friend. At this point it shows that Huck knows what is right from wrong.
In chapter 16 Huck is faced with the dilemma of deciding between right an wrong. Even though society has labeled Jim as "property" Huck feels he is his friend. Huck chooses to deceive the slave collectors by telling them he is with his sick family and therefor they would not see Jim. His character shows a strength of honoring friendship over prejudice. -Rebeka Servin
As the story goes on, Huck Finn faces certain dilemmas that he must overcome in order to truly do what he thinks is right. In this part of the story, Huck must choose to either let Jim become a free man and risk the guilt that choice has over him or to turn Jim in for trying to escape slavery. He starts to show signs of majority feeling the pressure of the decisions that can change life forever. In the end he decides to help him and not turn Jim in. -Patrick McCoy
Huck fin makes the decision that would basically affect both sides him and his friend jim hes not sure if he should turn in jim because he is a run away slave or keep his promise and hide jim in a way hes overcome with this dilemma of right and wrong which in this there is no right or wrong if he turns in jim hes doing right for the people that are looking for jim but bad for jim because he betrayed him but by helping jim hes doing bad for the people that want him yet good for jim in the end he ended up choosing jim rather than giving him away
Entering chapter 16, Huck is now having some major dilemmas. he has to pick between right and wrong. He is approached by two men looking for runaways. Huck has to decide if he is going to follow the law and go against his friend or go against the law and stay loyal to his friend. He decides to go against the law and not turn Jim in. This shows that Huck is a good, loyal person with a conscience.
In chapter 16, Huck faces a moral dilemma of either to help Jim or society. He fights with his conscience, by the choice if it was a good idea to help Jim, or if he did wrong by helping him escape. The choice he had to make was very difficult. But he later notices that he is at an age in life where he can make his own decisions. At the end maybe he did wrong, but yet he helped Jim because he wasn't going to betrayed his friend.
In Chapter 16, Huck's dilema is that he must decide wether he should turn Jim in for being a runaway slave or if he should help his friend. Later we can see that Huck is considerate of Jim and does not want him to be harmed. Huck knows that the right thing to do would be to turn in his friend. But Huck trusts himself and decides to help Jim. This is significant because it shows how Huck was able to make his own decision and also make a mature decision.
Huck faces a couple dilemmas in the book and in chapter 16, Huck seems to be fighting with his conscience. This is significant because it shows Huck struggling and fighting with his conscience but being responsible and making his own smart decisions. He's wondering whether he should turn Jim in or not, Jim was going on and on about what he was going to do when he was free like saving up money, buy his wife then buy his two children and he said that if their master wouldn't sell them to him, they would steal them, this made Huck terrified and it made him lower his opinion of Jim. He was anxious to turn him in but when Jim said he was his only friend and he'll be shouting for joy because of Huck, he wasn't so sure about it anymore. But at the end, Huck decides he was going to help Jim, even though it was the wrong thing to do, at the end of it all, he helped his friend and he didn't betray him.
Huck's dilemma is actually easy. A lot of people would want to do the right thing. Its only hard for him because he's seen many people do good and bad and also him. He doesn't really no way to control his actions. His choices are to turn Jim in or freeing him. The downfall of turning him in leads to him becoming a "lyer" and losing the money to take care of his"SICK DAD!"...luckily,he doesn't Jim in and he gets the thought of just listen to his own heart.To do what feels right.
Huck is stuck in a pretty big dilemma. He does not know whether to turn in Jim as a run away slave or help him get free. Huck and Jim had gotten very close up until now and Huck feels that it is the right thing to do as a friend but he also feels terrible and wants to turn Jim in. Huck realized that it is best if he helps his friend out though it may not be the right thing to do.
For the time period taking place in this book, Huck faces the difficult decision of whether he should turn in Jim or not. Huck knows he probably should turn him in for running away, but then again, Jim is his friend who has helped him survive when he, himself ran away and kept him good company. He matures as he decides he wants to take the risk of helping his friend despite his other beliefs and everyone else's. It's significant because it shows his true character.
Huck faces the dilemma of whether or not to help Jim a run away slave. Its hard for HUck because of the time period. You can also tell that Huck feels weird at first for helping JIm but as they get closer and closer he knows he did the right thing by choosing to help him out. Huck knows jim is a good person.
During chapter 16 Huck faces a dilemma on his view of Jim. Huck is having this inter conflict with himself, because he dose not know if he should turn in Jim or help him be free. As we continue to read this book we begin to notice Huck starts seeing things differently, and starts learning on his own what is better to others than to society in general. Huck likes Jim, together they have helped each other and have learned things from one another. Huck does not see Jim as a slave and wants to help him. Here we get to see Huck is not growing with the same mentality as other people during that time.
Huck is facing with a Big dilema. Huck has to decide whether to return Jim to Miss Watson or to help him be free.He starts to remember all the good things Miss Watson had done for him so he thinks, Huck feels sick having to make a hard decision like this. In the end Huck decides to help Jim. This goes to show how Huck has really grown some kind of love/ friendship towards Jim. Huck ends up being loyal to Jim. Huck is facing with a Big dilema. Huck has to decide whether to return Jim to Miss Watson or to help him be free.He starts to remember all the good things Miss Watson had done for him so he thinks, Huck feels sick having to make a hard decision like this. In the end Huck decides to help Jim. This goes to show how Huck has really grown some kind of love/ friendship towards Jim. Huck ends up being loyal to Jim. -Hillary Ramirez
Throughout chapter 16, Huck's dilemma is deciding weather to turn in his friend Jim or to lie so that Jim can have his freedom. Huck is indecisive about this conflict because they grew a mutual bond for each other which makes it harsh on him to treat Jim as a slave and not give him his freedom. Huck also faces guilt for covering Jim up from the law, but his guilt for not giving his friend his freedom would result in greater remorse. Huck then decides that even tho turning in Jim to the slave hunters is the right thing to do, he has a loyal friendship with Jim and would not want to loose that or hurt him. At this point of the novel I was able to conclude that Huck's character is matured because he is making responsible decisions regarding Jim and his freedom. Ashley Maiden
The biggest dilema Huck has to face in chapter 16, is a moral dilema. Should he help Jim, or not . knowing he is a run away slave , should he help him escape or turn him in . This dilema really shows how Huck is growing and maturing, he is now thinking about what is wrong and what is right . Slowly with the things huck is facing he is having to mature and think about things like this. Fernanda Murillo
Huck has to decide whether to turn in Jim to the hunters who were looking for runaway slaves, or actually help Jim get to the north and earn his freedom and not have to worry about being a slave. instead Huck decides to keep their friendship and lie to the hunters, by saying they were sick and needed help, the hunters gave him money and sent huck on his way. throught the book their friendship is strengthen in various situations. Jim realizes that Huck keeps his word and Jim considers him as his only best friend he got. Jaime Balderrama
The biggest issue huck has in these chapters is his choice of giving up jim. But the challenges he faces arn't really giving him up but fighting over himself by not knowing what's truely right and where to lay loyalty. To a woman who cared for him or a subhuman man that he had befriended. Where should they truely? If you were in that situation and you had been raised to see blacks as dogs would it be right to betray someone who cared for you over something you befriended. But that was another part of his struggle, becoming friends with jim and seeing him more as a person. These issues are critical to the book.
In chapter 16 Huck has to face the dilema of the doing the right thing or the wrong. This is significant to the story because it shows you where Huck's mind is at this time of the story. If Huck were to turn Jim in it would show the readers. That Huck was willing to not only turn Jim in for the right to Miss Watson but also for the feeling of doing the right thing in life. Or Huck had the choice of staying loyal to Jim, which meant to keep up the river to freedom for them both. Also being known as someone who helped free an owned slave. From a woman that tried to only do good for him. Huck decides to tell the men on the skiff that Jim is a white man with the small pox and stays loyal to Jim. So this shows the reader that hucks character is trustworthy and loyal and willing to do the wrong thing for a good friend.
The big moral dillema that Huck has is wether to turn Jim in or not. It is a huge inner conflict because Huck looks down on Jim a little because of some things he has told him. Later Jim tells Huck about the joy and happiness he feels from the help he is receiving from his only friend. This is what causes a huge conflict within in his conscious mind. This over all shows he is thinking and seperating right from wrong, showing the reader that he is slowly maturing. Back then, it would have been a hard decision because the time period that the book is held in.
In this chapter huck is fighthing between turning in Jim to his owneror not. Throughout this whole story he has been doing the right thing and thinking about everyone's opinion. The dilemma in this chapter is very significant because Huck obviously knows Jim is a run a way slave but he also has a bond with him . The thing is Huck doesntsee jim as a slave. Chapter 16 shows how Huck doesn't think the same way as everyone else . -natalie escobedo
Huck has to decide whether to do right morally or do right for the society. Huck believes that Jim isn’t property and knows that he is somewhat of Jim’s new “family”. But on the other hand, Jim is a runaway slave and turning him would be the right thing to do in the eyes of white folk. Huck contemplates on the future consequences of both decisions but ends up deciding to do what is morally right, to keep Jim from being owned. Being able making decisions that affect not only himself but the well being of others show that Huck is shaping into a mature young man.
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with the dilemma of either turning in his friend, Jim to his owner, Miss Watson, or helping him reach his freedom. This puts Huck in the position of being loyal to his friend which he has become so fond of or doing what's "right" for the sake of his life. Huck is always putting others before himself, but this time he is indecisive because he doesn't yet know the greater morality of the situation. What is the "right thing"? Will Huck's conscience get the best of him? At this point in the novel, Huck is slowly evolving into a responsible character that tries to see situations from all points of view and not just his own. - Brionna Greene
huck is a very honest guy we could say and he always cares an listens to everyone's opinion. the dilemma on chapter 16 is either return jim to his owner, or to just satay quiet. this decision is hard for huck because there are 2 possible "right" choices. either to return jim to his owner because ha has escaoed, or to just let it be because he is a salve and he should not be looked upon as property of someone because he is also human. huck has this huge dilemma but he also knows that he has a bond with jim so he could not do that to him and decides to not turn him in. this shows us that huck is little by little maturing.
Huck faces some series of dilemmas whom he is decisive and trying to fight his conscience in weather he should turn Jim in; A runaway, or help him escape. Huck after then knows that he is able to trust himself but his conscience also, Showing more of his maturity in what he is willing to so and sacrifice for his friend Jim.
Huck faces a series of dilemmas that now he is trying to face for the wrong choices he has made.Once the 2 men come looking for the black people, Huck lied to them and he recived money.After passing an undecidible phace Huck undertands helping Jim become free is the right thing even though society might think the opposite.
Huck starts to regret helping Jim runaway. Hucks begins to wonder if he should tell on Jim, this shows that Huck has broken his promise to Jim, and might not be as nice as he seems. The when they arrive at Cairo, Jim tells Huck that he's true, and the best friend Jim has ever had, and that makes Huck change his mind about turning in Jim.
Huck starts to understand what it takes to be a good friend. After being separated by the current of the Mississippi river for hours, Huck finds Jim asleep on the raft. He hops back on and attempts to fool Jim into thinking they had never been separated, that he had simply been dreaming. "I wake up en fine you back agin', all safe en soun', de tears come...I's so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin 'bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim." Seeing how much he hurt Jim "made [him] feel so mean" that after apologizing, Huck swore not to "do him no more mean tricks." Huck begins to conduct himself by minding the emotional significance a true friendship bears.
the dilemma the huck faces in ch 16 is weather turning in jim for running away or not. the reason why this dilemma is so significant is because hucks character is changing. during this situation this shows the reader that huck has a better understanding of himself the person he wants to be how his action will prove this. huck has a change of heart and its for the better.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck has to basically decide if he should turn in Jim for running away, or not. His dilemmas are significant because it shows him, as a boy growing in a time when America had slaves, deciding which choice has a greater weight. When talking about his character it shows that Huck always wants to do the right thing overall. While simultaneously it shows that he is intelligent enough to consider other people being affected. Also he's a sucker for guilt-tripping himself. In short, he always tries to do what is right and thinks about how it will affect others, but has a tendency to guilt himself of the situation.
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Huck's decision making has lead him to bad outcomes earlier in the book, but in chapter 16, Huck faces a moral dilemma in which he is decisive on whether he should turn Jim in, for he is a runaway, or help him escape. The dilemma is significant because it shows Huck growing as a person through a struggle with his own conscience. At this point in the novel it is evident that Huck's character is considerate and doesn't want to harm Jim. Although he thinks turning Jim in would be the right thing to do, he feels that society is wrong and Jim is in fact not property, but a friend. Through Huck's feelings it is also obvious that Huck is intelligent and it is sufficient enough to make him understand that helping Jim, although its frowned upon by society,is the right thing to do.
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ReplyDeleteHuck faces a series of dilemas which in the long run have a significance, making huck being seen by the reader as a good fellow who is fighting his conscience. Feeling guilty by helping Jim a runaway, escape and become free, as his doing that he feels terrible as to what had the widow done to him. To help his friend Jim escape an become free since in hucks point of view Jim is not property one can trade rather, his a fellow mate who has to be treated as a person not a thing.After passing an undecidible phace Huck undertands helping Jim become free is the right thing even though society might think the opposite.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 huck has to face a self conflicting dilema. He is faced with a decision of turning him and jim in, or lying and taking the money for his "sick father". Like everyone there is are these points in life when you have to make a self conflicting decision, where you have to pick between law or morals. This can cause a very unstable state of mind and inner turmoil. Yet he sucks it up and he decides he "will go to hell" in order to protect jim nad gain freedom for the both of them. There is no real right or wrong anwser for these decisions only due to the fact that it is based on personal opinion ,and what you choose to follow. At this point in the story we can see huck as a character maturing ,and that he is willing to go to great heights for both of them to gain their freedom.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck faces an important moral dilemma of choosing to give up Jim, or help him to freedom. Huck knows that it is the right thing to return Jim back to Miss Watson, but then he'd feel awful and guilty knowing Jim refers to Huck as his only friend. Now, The only thing that could solve Huck's dilemma is his conscience. This is the first time in the novel that Huck uses his own conscience to solve something over societies greed and opinion. Huck now knows that he can trust himself and his conscience as he continues his adventures with Jim by his side.
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Throughout chapter 16, Huck faces a dilemma that is self conflicted towards him. It's either Jim or not, lie about his "sick father" or not. Though he knows it's the right thing to do by giving Jim back to Miss Watson, it aches him knowing he's the only reliable person to Jim. Now, based off his personal opinions, Huck, being the boy who use to have no sense of morality, finally steps up and goes against his own people to help Jim obtain his freedom. At this point, we can all see the maturity of Huck, and how he's willing to sacrifice his own self for the freedom of Jim. Based off of this, Huck's dilemma shows the true nature of his character. A true sense of friendship.
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In chapter 16 Huck has to decide if he is going to turn in Jim for running away or not. Th dilemma is significant because it shows Huck growing up as a person thrift problems with his own actions. In this novel shows that Huck is generous and likes Jim as a friend and doesn't want to harm him. Although the right thing to do was to turn Jim. He feels as family member not a propert. After helping Jim, " freedom" was the word that would come out of Huck's mind thinking that all society should think like that.
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Huck can't help but feeling a little guilty every time that Jim mentions that thanks to huck he will soon be free. Huck knows that helping Jim escape means that he is breaking the law, but throughout the whole trip he starts to see Jim as a friend. Huck doesn't know exactly what he wants to do. This moral dilemma is significant because it shows the reader how Huck is growing as a person. He is staring to get his own views and opinions on what he thinks is right instead of what society thinks is right. He realizes that he will feel even worse if he turned Jim into the authorities so he decides that best thing to do is to keep quiet and to help him escape.
ReplyDeleteHuck's dilemma in chapter 16 is deciding on whether he should turn in Jim or help him to freedom. He reasons that he his stealing Miss Watson's slave the woman who taught him books and religion and manners, and he's repaying her by stealing her property.
ReplyDeleteWhile Huck is reasoning, Jim goes on about what he's going to do once he gets to a free state. He is going to save up his money until he has enough to go back to the South and buy his wife and his two children from the farms. If that doesn't work, he says, he'll just steal them. This bothers Huck even more, then Jim continuously thanks Huck for helping him. Huck is now indecisive on what to do. Hucks character at this point has grown to think for himself and reason right from wrong. His character has matured in some ways. Huck is facing an internal conflict.
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Dilemma- 1. a situation requiring a choice between equally undesirable alternatives 2. any diffcult or perplexing situation or problem, synonym for dilemma: A Pickle. In other words one of Huck's moral pickles. In chapter 16 Huck is torn between doing what society thinks is right and what he feels is for the greater good. To Huck it's either being the good citizen he wants to be and turn his only friend in as the run away slave he is or help Jim, a person that could possibly be a best friend for life, get his freedom completly. Of course seeing the situation like that makes the choose somewhat obvious to a reader as to just keep a secret about a friend but in Hucks eyes both choices seem to have equal weight. In the end Huck feels entirely guilty about thing to turning in Jim so he doesnt. The signifacnce in this isnt all what Huck decides to do in the end its that Huck is now realizing that he can make his own descisons. Although from the descison he made you can see that Huck has natrual good morals.
ReplyDeleteHuck had a series of dilemmas when he finds himself in the struggle to help society or his friend. He fights with his conscience on whether it was a good choice to help Jim be a free slave or did he do wrong on helping him escape. In this point his teaching himself from right or wrong, but in every reason he comes up with it seems to be the correct one. In one point Jim consider Huck his friend which made Huck feel guilty if he tells on him, but if he sees it the other way around he was lying to society by hiding Jim and he was also stealing somebody's property. At the end he comes with the decision to help his friend and go against society. At the end Huck made a radical change by thinking for himself and fight for what he believes in.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 16, Huck is torn between the decision of doing what he feels is right and what society thinks is right. Huck feels that its good that he is helping Jim be a free slave but yet is caught in feeling that he is doing wrong helping in helping Jim be a free slave because of what he has learned from society.In the end Huck feels that the right thing to do is help his friend Jim by thinking for himself and believing what he thinks is right.
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In this course of chapter 16, Huck has these dilemmas that he encounters that are self-troubling to his mental state, because he is stuck between what's right and what's wrong. Jim wants freedom for his children, wife, and himself. Huck feels like it was his fault for Jim's escape from his owner and he fights with his conscience by either telling on Jim or letting him go. The reason why he also wants to tell on Jim is because he doesn't want him to steal away his wife and children from a man that has done no harm to him. Huck's character shows how he slowly encounters decisions that he has to make and consider that will affect the future.
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DeleteOne of the dilemmas that was encountered by Huck in Chapter 16 was that he didn't know what to do , the right or the wrong. Huck was undecided not knowing if he should turn Jim in for the escape or just help his friend out to reach his freedom in Cairo. Throughout the story, Huck and Jim have been spending lots of time together and Huck starts seeing Jim as a friend. He decides to help Jim escape to Cairo to get his freedom he deserves. Huck starts feeling guilty on what he just did. On there journey, Huck greets two men asking for a runaway slave and if Huck has seen one. Huck doesn't know what to say , so he comes up with a story and lies. He tells them that his father is sick and is suffering some type of smallpox. After the men heard that they give Huck twenty dollars and depart. Jim was hiding when that was occurring and once they left he came out from his hiding spot and thanks Huck for not telling them. Huck and Jim continued to look for Cairo in the fog. They had no idea where they were at or if they already passed it. In Chapter 16 it shows that Huck is being a good friend and helping Jim out.
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ReplyDeleteHuck, in Chapter 16, has to decide if he should turn Jim in for running away, or not. Huck is torn with a difficult decision because he is always trying to do what is right. He always tries to do what is right and thinks about how it will affect others. He comes off to the reader as a boy growing in a time when America was segregated and has a to live in rough times. As he is trying to make a decision, we can see how much Huck's mind is changing and how he is maturing. As the story goes on he considers Jim to be one of his close friends, this leads towards his decision when he decides to help Jim get out of his troubles. This shows what he will go through to help out his friend in his times of trouble.
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Huck is faced with the trouble of deciding whether or not to turn in Jim. He goes on fighting the internal conflict of what is right and what is not. He was raised in times where slavery was encouraged but was it morally right. Huck always tries to do what is right by everyone but not everyone is affected the same way. It is the fact that Huck is the only real friend Jim has ever had that is what stops Huck from turning in Jim. It is in these choices that Huck is forced to become mature for these are decisions that should not have to be made by children.
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DeleteHuck’s moral dilemma in chapter 16 dealt with his actions of helping the slave Jim become a free man. In this chapter Huck’s southern conscience makes him contemplate turning Jim in. His conscience tells him that helping Jim escape is stealing from the Widow, but his moral sense tells him that turning Jim in would be betraying a friend. Huck asked himself why he should help Jim escape Miss Watson when she’s never done anything against him. But his moral sense also made him want to help Jim and keep his word to not tell on him. In the end of this chapter Huck’s moral sense over rides his southern conscience to turn Jim in.
ReplyDeleteThere is a very hard decision Huck has to make. Jim is a friend to Huck, but turning him in its just the right thing to do. But Huck also wants to help him out on becoming free. Huck thinks about what he should do, and if he helps Jim, Miss Watson never did anything bad to Huck. So Huck is a good guy who would rather help a friend out of problems.
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In chapter 16, Huck faces a very important dilemma in whether he turn in Jim to Miss Watson or he continue his jouney on with Jim to Cairo to get his freedom that he deserves. Huck knows that if he turns in Jim then that will be the right thing to do but he will also fell guilty and sad inside because Jim refers Huck as a really good friend. Now, the only way to solve Hucks dilemma is his conscience. This is the first time in the novel that Huck uses his conscience to solve a problem in his life. Huck now knows he can trust his conscience and also himself as he continues his jouney on with Jim.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jim mentions how soon he will be free, Huck feels guilty. Huck knows that helping Jim escape is breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. Huck is trapped in a difficult moral dilemma. Huck realizes he will feel even worse if he just turns Jim into the authorities, and decides it would be best to let him escape. He is trying to make the right choice. Huck has to make a big decision and this shows how Huck is growing as a person. He is making a decision that could have dangerous outcomes for both him and Jim if something were to go wrong.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck has to make a very hard decision. Jim mentions all of the things he would do when he is free. Huck starts feeling guilty and doesn't know if he should turn in Jim for running away or help him escape. Huck knows that helping Jim escape is breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. As he is trying to make a decision, we can see how Huck's conscience is changing. And shows that Huck will help his friend instead.
ReplyDeletehuck is faced with the moral challenge of deciding whether or not to turn in Jim. Now he really has been thinking about not turning him in because he feels it isn't the right thing to do. On the other hand he feels that Jim is considered a runaway so he should turn him in. Once the opportunity comes he decides not to turn in Jim. Huck has shown a lot of maturity and has proven living on his own is not a problem. huck is protrayed as more mature in the dilemmas he faces while helping jim escape, and he has proven to have a good moral sense of the situation. he is doing the right thing by helping a friend even if it is not legal.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter Huck's conscience troubles him deeply about helping Jim scape. Huck goes out in the canoe to check , having secretly resolved to give Jim up. But Huck's heart softens when he hears Jim call out that Huck is his only friend. Huck comes upon some men who want to search his raft for escaped slaves but Huck lies and tell the men that his family is on board and that they have the smallpox, The men, fearing infection back away and tell Huck to go further downstream. Huck feels at this time like he did wrong but right at the same time, Huck re solves to disregard morality in the future and do what's handiest.
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Huck seems to be maturing, he is starting to live life by not having all these people up on his ear telling him what to do. Huck is not necessarily free, to getting what he wants to do with his life but his getting there. In chapter 16 he has to cost between these two big choices, obeying the law or protecting his friend. This case isn't about doing what the law says its about doing what YOU think is right. Huck fears that he will get caught for lying, but he also feels like he did the right thing. Huck is finally living by deciding on his own choises, and that is making him more mature, he is finally "growing up".
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Huck Finn's biggest dilemma through out chapter 16 is configuring if he should turn Jim in back to Mrs. Watson. Huck feels like its the reasonable conclusion to come to, but he also feels like he shouldn't because Jim refers to Huck as his good, trustworthy friend. Huck is stuck on decisions, but listening to his conscious is how he will come across with the reasonable solution. In my opinion, Huck is turning into someone responsible, because he knows right from wrong. Huck knows that both things will make him feel guilty but he has to be smart enough to be able to make the correct decisions on his own without depending on anyone. If he continues the journey without Jim, it will probably show him that he could do things alone, and could only rely on himself. It develops positive and negative consequences but that's what makes an individual responsible. Making yourself independent.
ReplyDeleteHuck is in one of the most difficult times, were there is slavery for the blacks. Huck is in a big dilemma . Mrs. Watson is asking everyone to turn in all the blacks for slavery. Since Huck is trying to help out Jim he does not want to turn him in , he sees him as a friend. Huck is stuck in the middle from choosing whether or not to turn him in. This decision is going to be based on what Huck thinks is the right thing to do. If Huck does not turn Jim in he knows he can get into serious trouble and will end up living with the guilt of not turning Jim in.
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In chapter sixteen Huck is going through a big dilemma. Huck now has to decide wether to turn in Jim or to help Jim get his freedom. Jim and Huck have become extreamly close throught the story. Huck is in conflict with himself he does not know what to do. However when Jim acknowledges that Huck is his only true friend Huck`s heart softens and he then realizes that Jim and himself only have each other. Throught the story Huck has shown to be a tough and independent character.Although he is just a kid he is a well built character with good morals.
ReplyDeleteLike everyone else, Huck is faced with another dection that will cause the law and moral values to collide. He ponders between turning Jim in or freeing him but with the consequence of lying and taking the money for his "ill father". This will either portray that he has the power to do what is right or that he should follow society and turn Jim in. Huck doesn,t turn Him in and therefore gives himself a boost of confidence. He learns to listen to himself instead of others.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces a series of dilemmas throughout chapter 16. Huck knows that he shouldn't turn in Jim but on the other side he knows that if he doesn't turn him in his going to be helping him escape. Huck can't stand feeling guilty because Jim states that he is going to soon be free thanks to Huck. This dilemma is very significant in the novel because Huck is between doing what people want or doing what he thinks it's better. In the end Huck doesn't turn in Jim this shows that Huck is starting to make his own decisions and not listening to the society opinions.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck faces many dilemmas that all revolve around whether to help Jim escape to freedom or turn him in. Huck has some trouble about helping Jim run away from his ”rightful owner” who has done a lot for Huck, Miss Watson. Huck decides to keep going with Jim after he tells Huck that he's the only friend he has that can keep a promise. However, later on in the chapter Huck is faced with more complications and needs to lie for Jim not to get caught. He lies about his family being sick and he takes money from some men who want to help. He thinks to himself that it would have been easier to just turn Jim in but decides he would have felt bad either way. Throughout this chapter Huck learns that he wants to do what's ” handiest” and not listen to others.
ReplyDeleteHuck plan is to escape from where he came from and help Jim to his freedom. There's just one problem, is not as easy as Huck thought. With a runaway slave, running away without being seen is difficult.He has to pick weather to turn Jim in or not. But when seen and asked, he has to lie that he would turn in any runaway slave and is given 20 dollars for his promise. Huck then realizes it would be much easier if he just turned Jim to them but it would make him feel guilty. And so he decides to keep Jim and keeps making fake stories to protect Jim and himself.
ReplyDelete-Julia Martinez
In chapter 16 Huck has many moral dilemmas, and they are basically on whether or not to turn in Jim. He starts to think back on what he had been taught and that had nothing to do with helping slaves which is what he was doing. Huck at this point decides to help Jim even though the right thing to do was to turn him in, he feels that the right thing to do is to help him be free and to try and fight for his family.
ReplyDelete-Daniel Martinez
When Huck faces the decision whether to turn in Jim or not, he is also faced with a moral dilemma. He is uncertain at first because if he helps Jim then he is morally right as a friend but morally wrong in society. If he turns Jim in then he is morally right in society but morally wrong as a friend. That being said ultimatly Huck has to decide if he wants to be a good friend to Jim or just another part of the slave owning society. In the end he chooses to be a good friend to Jim. The signifigance of this is that it shows that Huck is not a bad guy as he is portrayed in previous chapters. It also shows that Huck cares about Jim and that he is capable of being someone to trust and rely on. In chapter 16 the reader can tell that Hucks character is evloving into a better person and not just some hooligan kid.
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In chapter 16, Huck is faced with a extremely difficult decision that requires a lot of thinking. As he is fleeing to his freedom with Jim on his side, he gets caught and lies saying he would turn in any runaway slave he sees. For his "promise" he gets 20 dollars. Then he begins to think. He can either choose to give Jim up and turn him in and live with the guilt or keep telling endless lies to save Jim from slavery. This shows that Huck is becoming older and more aware of reality and can now think more rationally about his decisions and not only how they affect him, but how they affect other people as well.
ReplyDelete--Joel Martinez
Throughout chapter 16, Huck is developing his own morals and his own sense of right from wrong, even if it differs from the society. Huck is conflicted whether to turn Jim into the authorities or help him get his freedom. Huck protects Jim by using his quick thinking and intelligence. This is significant because it shows the reader how Huck starts to see Jim as a person and not just a slave. He is maturing as a person with good morals and developing his own identity.
ReplyDeleteHuck dilemmas is to turn jim to these men who are looking for escape slave or keep hiding jim. Huck know what decision he would make when he hears jim call huck his only friend. Huck lies to the men that his family has a horrible disease called smallpox, and the men dont want to deal with any sick people. In Huck mind he thinks he did a horrible thing not turning in jim to those men. We can see that huck is slowly changing throughout the chapter, and is becoming great friend with jim.
ReplyDeleteHuck has to go through a dilemma of whether or not he should turn in Jim. Throughout chapter16 Huck's conscience reveals a difficult choice he has to make. Should he help Jim into freedom or should he return him back to Miss.Watson. Jim had also influenced Hucks decision by telling him thanks for helping him and being a good friend. Huck begins to feel guilty and starts to have second thoughts. Huck knows its the right thing to turn in Jim. But in the end Huck choses to help his friend and choses what feels right for him.
ReplyDelete--- Alyssa Sotelo
Around Chapter 16 Huck faced that difficult decision in which led him to create as if he were in a war with his conscious. He knew that turning his own friend, Jim, of course is the wrong thing to do. It was a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation. With that Huck understood it was the right thing to do to turn Jim in as much as it were to be wrong as well. It kind of opened up Huck's mind to realize that this man was his friend, his companion, someone who he trusts, and so with that thought he accepted that it was a valuable relationship they had, Jim and him. This event showed the maturing side of Huck with the ability to make an important decision, and somewhat a compassionate side.
ReplyDelete-Evelyn Simmons
In chapter 16 Huck faces many dilemmas. Huck has been pressured by his conscious to either tell on Jim that he is a runaway slave. This impact has made Huck decided if the relationship between him and Jim is all worth the lying. The thinking continues and Huck finally realizes that Jim is a friend, they have a bond, and he can trust Jim. He then realizes that he did the right thing by not giving someone like Jim up. This action of Hucks shows how he can pick friendship over mind. As well as maturirty in the growing Huckle Berry Finn.
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Huck has had his share of dilemmas throughout the book but in chapter 16 he faces one of his worse ones. He has to choose to either try to help Jim and help him escape as he is a runaway or turn him in. Huck struggles with this decision and that helps him grow more as a person. In the end he ends up helping Jim escape because he is a friend that he can trust and he makes up his mind by going against what society might think is wrong. It shows that Huck does value friendship more than anything.
ReplyDeleteIn these chapters, Huck is faced with the decision on whether or not he should tell on Jim. Huck tells us that he would turn him in but would be left with the guilt of knowing he had given Jim such high hopes of freedom just to strip it away in seconds. Up to this point, we are shown that Huck is showing signs of maturity and, quote Dayjah Harris, "he comes to the realization that doing what society thinks is the right thing, is not always the morally right thing to do."
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck faces a dilemma that can change Jim’s life. He has to choose whether or not to return Jim back to Miss Watson. Hucks dilemma increases because they live in a time period when there were slaves in America. Jim increases Huck’s guilt, by thanking him for helping him and being his companion. Huck is condemned for helping a runaway, but also wants to help him to have an opportunity of freedom.
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Throughout the whole story Huck has been pretty selfish and have some pretty crappy values and character. But in chapter 16 he starts to find him self and help others like Jim who is so excited to be almost free. Huck is torn as to turn Jim in for being a run away slave but he decides not to because he is the only one that Jim can depend on. Even though he was raised in the south and that blacks are property and have no rights Jim is still his friend who has been with him since the start of the story. Although he feels bad for the old lady that has lost her property he wants to help his close friend.
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DeleteIn chapter 16 Huck is stuck in a dilemma of helping Jim to freedom or giving him up. Huck feels like its a reasonable to tyrn him in, but Jim is Huck's only trustworthy friend. Huck is maturing on doing things on his own. He uses his conscious to make what he thinks is the right, good thing to do. At this point Huck is becoming responsible by making his mind up on his own and not relying on anybody to helo him decide. Although Huck knows bith decisions have their pros and cons Huck will take innitiative to make hia choice. Either choice will make Huck grow as a better person and teach him what being responsible is.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck is faced with a decision that can go both ways. He thinks about whether or not he should turn in Jim. He begins by thinking about all the things Miss Watson has done for him. Providing for food, a house, clothes and even education. His conscience tells him what has Miss Watson ever done to him for her to deserve to be lied to, and how could he see her nigger run off and not say a single word. Then he looks at the relationship he has with Jim and how it is only becoming stronger each day they spend together. Jim has told Huck that he considers him a true friend and that he will never forget him. Jim also tells Huck his plan when he becomes a free man and Huck realizes how is he going to get in the way of this mans dream of being free and reuniting with his family. I can see that Huck is very smart and looks deep into his situations and makes sure he does the right thing even if it comes with regret, guilt and hurt feelings of others.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck is faced with moral dilemmas in whether he should turn in a good friend Jim, a runaway slave who, is looking for opportunities and freedom for him and his family. Torn between rules and morals of society and his heart, Huck goes back and forth and chooses not to turn Jim in to the authorities. Significantly deep down Huck only has good intentions and wants to truly help Jim. Although he feels that he should turn Jim over to Mrs. Watson, Huck ultimately is willing to do anything for Jim, even if he did have to lie. This shows the reader how important Jim and his friendship are to Huck. At this point Huck, also illustrates that he is a growing young man with courage and loyalty.
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Huck faces a difficult decision, choosing between his upbringing and his morals. Huck feels that it would be the right thing to hand Jim over to the authorities. That is his upbringing influencing his dilemma because in the world he was brought up in, slavery was okay. But Jim also happens to be his friend and his morals tell him that handing him to the authorities and his "rightful owner" Miss Watson would cause him incredible guilt. In the end, when Jim says Huck is the only person to have kept a promise, Huck decides to help harbor his runaway friend which defines Huck as a morally sound person.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapters 15-20, the reader can start to see Huck's character developing and realize him growing as a person. He starts to understand the difference between what's right and wrong. After Jim runs away he feels for him, he conflicted as to whether he should turn him in, but knows how horrible he would feel for betraying a friend. On the other hand, when the two men approach him, his conscience tears him apart, knowing turning him in is the right thing to do. He then realizes that Jim is friend and sees that their friendship means more to him than turning him in. Even though what Jim was doing was against the law, Huck still believed he did he right thing by staying true to his friend.
ReplyDeleteHuck has a big problem in chapter 16. He is torn between the fact that his friend Jim did something illegal. Hck does not know wether tho turn in his friend or be a good friend and let him be free . Once the 2 men come looking for the black people , Huck lied to them and he recived money. He lied and said his father was ill and the men had backed away because they didn't wanna become ill. Huck is capable of lying or keeping a secret if he did it already. But once he recived the money , he knew it was wrong to not have turned in Jim . I believe he knows right from wrong , he was just in a difficult place to choose.
ReplyDeletein Chapter 16 huck is faced with a moral decision that test his friendship and loyalty. the authority's are looking for hucks good friend jim, a runaway slave, and huck is faced with the choice to turn him in or lie which will save him. In this time period african americans are treated horribly and huge majority has the same racist mind set. Although here it is show that hucks friendship with jim surpasses what is considered right in that time period ,so he lies to save jim. This to me shows huck is a good person who is able to look beyond everything to do what is right for his friends.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 16 Huck is faced with a moral decision revolving around his friendship with Jim, him keeping his word, lying, and standing up to slavery. Jim and Huck have spend a lot of time together and as a friend Huck feels guilty turing Jim into the men hunting runaway slaves. He gave Jim his word to take him to Cairo and he does not want to brake his word, especially to a friend. Taking the money from the slave hunters is also a moral issue for him because he is not being honest. Huck has to make a choice between freedom and slavery, right from wrong, and the limits he must go through to survive and make money to keep going.
ReplyDeleteJoshua Duron
In chapter 16 Huck is facing many moral challenges. One of the main challenges is whether or not to turn in Jim. In chapter 16, it states that Huck has secretly come to the decision to give up Jim. However he doubts his choice when Jim tells Huck that he is his only friend. Along the way to Cairo Huck runs into a "test," he runs into some men who state that they are looking for run away slaves. Huck decides to save Jim and invent a story to turn the men off his path. It works and Jim and Huck continue on their journey, along with some money the slave hunters gave Huck.
ReplyDelete-Jarid Holland
Huck comes to a fork in the road when trying to decide whether he should turn in Jim as a runaway or not. Huck shows indecisiveness when morals are brought up. He thinks that turning Jim in would be the “right” thing to do, but he knows that he’s all that Jim has. So Huck guilt trips himself into a funk. He believes that Jim is no less than anyone else and that he isn’t property to be sold or traded. Huck finally steps up and does what he believes is right; he doesn’t let society influence his thought. Knowing the consequences of his actions, Huck is willing to risk his well being to save a friend. From Huck not having morality at all to growing up and making decisions for not only himself but for a friend shows how he’s matured throughout the story.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter Huck is fighting between turning in Jim or not. Throughout this whole story he has been all about doing the right thing and also worrying about what everyone might think. Huck in this chapter is in a dilemma that is very significant because in this time America had slaves, and the right thing to do was turn in "niggers" that would run away. As always Huck wants to do the right thing and he is in a huge dilemma, between being right with society and turning in Jim, or being right with Jim and keeping everything a secrete.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck was faced with a mind-splitting decision of whether or not to turn in Jim as a runaway slave. Huck's conscience was screaming, "But you knowed he was running for his freedom, and you could a paddled ashore and told somebody." Just as Huck was ready to turn Jim in, Jim reminded him of their friendship, "Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on'y white gentleman dat ever kep' his promise to ole Jim." Huck got sick over this, however, he was unable to turn in Jim, and figured he would be better off not turning him in. This shows Huck is a loyal, and trustworthy.
ReplyDelete-Lorenzo Lambert
In chapter 16 Huck has to decide on whether to tun in Jim or not. He even stats to fight himself on wether or not to do it. But he then decides to do the right thing and help Jim into escaping. He was also renembering how Jim called him a true friend and how a nice person he was. After he tells the men that Jim was his father and not a runaway slave the men give Huck 20 dollars to help him.
ReplyDeleteLeonard A. Lafoe
ReplyDeleteThe moral dilemma that Huck faces in chapter sixteen is that he is a southern boy helping a slave to freedom. He was raised to accepted that slavery was just an everyday part of life and anyone who said otherwise was not socially accepted by society. He feels as if he has betrayed the widow by helping Jim escape, and his conscience is tearing him apart. Every time that Jim talks about his plans once he's free, it just makes things worse for Huck. Going against the social norm in any society at any time period is always one of the hardest things someone can do.
Huck reaches a point in his journey where he has to decide if he should continue it alone or with Jim. At first he felt it would be the right thing to turn him back to the widow. The widow was nothing but kind to Huck, he felt wrong helping her slave runaway. He also knew he would have a guilty conscious either way if he helped Jim or not. He did give Jim his word on helping him become free. Huck ends up keeping his word with Jim and continues to help him reach the north.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck is faced with a moral dilemma. He is torn between turning in his friend Jim to the authorities as a runaway slave. Huck knows that turning Jim in would be the right thing to do but he also knows that Jim has helped him in his journey and that he would be turning his back on a friend. The decision Huck made, which was to not turn in Jim, explains a lot about his character. Huck put friendship first and law second, meaning he is dependable.
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ReplyDeleteHuck faces a series of dilemmas throughout chapter 16 . He has to decide on turning Jim in or continue its journey with him to Cairo. But when his face with some men looking for run away slaves Huck has to lie that he would turn in any runaway slave and is given 20 dollars for his promise. Huck then realizes it would be much easier if he just turned Jim to them but it would make him feel guilty. Huck decides to keep Jim and continues making fake stories to protect Jim and himself. Later Huck has trouble thinking if what he did was wrong or what he decide to do was a mistake. From this point Huck has been categorized as a good fellow that doesn't betray its friends and its learning day by day what's right and wrong.
ReplyDelete- Jennifer Arreola
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with a self-conscious conflict. Huck has to decide whether to return Jim to Miss Watson or to help him get to freedom. He begins to remember all the good things Miss Watson had done for him so he thinks, "What did that poor old woman do to you, that you could treat her so mean?" As he begins to paddle ashore to turn Jim in, Jim tells Huck that he is his best friend and the only friend he has. Huck feels sick having to make a hard decision like this. In the end Huck lies and decides to help Jim. This goes to show how Huck has really grown close to Jim at this point in the book and how loyal he is to him.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck is faced with a moral conflict that involves receiving money from two strangers for a false claim. After a while, Huck begins to feel guilty and wonder whether or not he did the right thing accepting it. He came to realize that he should be okay with it due to his upbringing. Throughout the duration of the story, Huck uses his upbringing as an excuse to do many morally unacceptable things. However, this is not the case when he is told that he could make money by returning runaway slaves. By not turning in Jim, it is safe to say that Huck has realized that there are more rewarding things in life that just looking out for himself in a selfish way. At this point in the story, Huck begins to rely less customs based on his upbringing and starts to focus on what the morally correct decision would be.
ReplyDelete-Andrea Rodriguez
In chapter 16 as Huck faces dilemas, it has its own significance. A dilema such as Huck must decide wether or not to turn in Jim for 20$ or keep him safe with him. Huck has flash backs to where he can remember that Jim has always been there for him, and has been told that he is his only bestfriend; which makes him think twice about his action. Therefore, at this point of the story, Hucks character is more reliable, trustworthy, and independent because he is stuck making a big decision that can affect both him and Jim.
ReplyDeletehuck is finally relizing that the choices he makes can be good or bad so he covers for jim because hes kinda torn between good or bad so hes stuck with a burden that could change his life and jims life dramaticly which makes him think twice about his decisions in life ALEX ZAMORA
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck faces an internal battle within his self, on Huck and Jim's journey to find Cairo Huck comes face to face with slave hunters. These men ask Huck if he has seen or knows of any slaves that are lingering about. Huck tells them that he doesn't know about any slaves, and proceeds to tell them a lie of how is father is extremely ill. The men feeling sorry for poor young Huck fully believe his made up tale, give Huck 20 dollars each. Huck feels that he is going against all the morals that hes been brought up on, by not turning in Jim. However on this quest that him and Jim have embarked on together he views Jim, not as a slave but as a friend. Jim has become someone that Huck trusts and i'd even venture to say values as a person. At this point in the novel i feel that Huck is transforming from a scared child to a brave and loyal young man.
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ReplyDeleteHuck was faced with the conflict of keeping his word or obeying the white men. Staying true to his promise Huck lies to the men to protect Jim. The men believed pap was with Huck and ill with small-pox. Huck proved his loyalty and trust to Jim by keeping him a secret. The lie got Huck a bit of money, but made him feel low and guilty. After debating whether or not he had done the right thing Huck decides he would not think of it anymore.
ReplyDelete-Celeste Molina
In chapter 16 Huck faces many moral dilemmas. The most significant dilemma that huck faces is the one that he has with Jim. Huck knows that breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. Due to this Huck is trapped in a difficult moral dilemma. After a long time of reasoning with himself, Huck realizes that he will feel worse if he turned Jim into the authorities. He ends up deciding that it would escape and not turn him into the authorities. This is a hard decision that huck faces that can have an affect on both him and Jim in the future. This shows how Huck has transformed into a loyal and trustworthy individual.
ReplyDelete-David A. Gomez
Chapter 16 consists with one dilemma that Huck has. Huck has to decide between turning in Jim to Mrs. Watson or not. Huck knows that not turning in Jim would be breaking the law. Huck also knows that Jim considers him as one of his only friends. Huck is confused with what he could do, either to hurt his friends feelings and returning him towards slavery or help him get freedom.
ReplyDelete-Ismael Sosa
In chapter 16 Huck faces many moral dilemmas, the most difficult one he faces is the one that involves Jim. He does not know wither to turn in his friend or stay quite about it. After having flashbacks about his friendship with Jim he remembers how Jim was always there for him no matter what so in return Huck decided to stay loyal to his best friend and not go behind his back and betray him. This show hows trust worthy Huck is towards his best friend and as a person in general.
ReplyDeleteCarolina Ramirez
Huck's conscience debates with him on weather to turn Jim in or to help him run away. Huck didn't like how Jim kept speaking of his freedom is he escapes successfully, because it made him feel guilty. Huck knows he gave him his word not to give him in, but the same deal makes him uneasy of the situation. Jim soon tells Huck that he is the best friend Jim has ever had and it makes the debate worse. Later Huck paddles alone for information and meets some men looking for run away slaves and wish to see Huck's raft. He then tricks them and doesn't give Jim up.
ReplyDelete-Cristian Nunez
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with dilemma on wether he should turn in Jim or help him keep his freedom. Huck is stuck in a difficult situation because he is always trying to do the right thing. Huck makes his decision and chooses not to turn in Jim to the authorities. Huck wanted to help Jim because he's his friend and because he thought how it would affect him. Although he wanted to turn him in to Mrs. Watson he was willing to lie for his friend. As he made this decision we can see that Huck is maturing and that his mind is changing.
ReplyDeleteFernie Dominguez
In chapter 16, one of the dilemmas that Huck has is that when the men said that they have been catching niggers, Huck starts lying so they wouldn't find out about Jim. Each men gives twenty dollars to Huck for the lie he said that his father is sick. Huck also faces a moral dilemma in which he is decisive on whether he should turn Jim in, for he is a runaway, or help him escape. The dilemma is significant because it shows Huck growing as a person through a struggle with his own conscience.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces many dilemas in chapter 16, for example, he is strugguling with the decision of turning Jim in because he is a runaway. This shows that Huck cares for Jim and means no harm to him. Huck, along the way starts looking at Jim as a friend, and that makes his desicion harder.Huck is always trying to do the right thing. At this point in the story, Hucks character has learned to decide between what's good and what's wrong.
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ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck one of the dilemmas he faces is to whether turn Jim or help him escape. Huck has flash backs to where he can remember that Jim has always been there for him, and has been told that he is his only best friend which makes him think twice. The dilemma is important because it shows Huck turning into a good boy from being a bad boy through fighting with his conscience to do whats right.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 the main dilemma Huck faces is whether he should turn in Jim or not. As Huck and Jim go off together, Jim goes on about telling Huck what he will do once he's a free man which would be save up to buy his wife and son which are down in the South. If that wouldn't be able to happen he would find a way to steal them. Huck was bothered by that and had second thoughts about if to return Jim back to Miss Watson or not because Jim considers Huck as his only friend and would end up feeling bad. Huck finally had to make his own decision of what he thinks is the right thing to do. Huck ends up trusting Jim and they both continue on their adventure.
ReplyDelete-Brittany Velasco.
So far Huck has been in it for him, thinking about ways to benefit himself. This changes in Chapter 16 when he is confronted with men who are looking for slaves to take for money and he has a choice between lying about Jim or taking the money. He realizes Jim has always been there for him which makes him re-evaluate himself and chooses to stick with Jim. This is major because Jim has changed Huck's personality from being self-centered to considerate of others. Jim's turned him in a way that may change Huck's future actions.
ReplyDelete- Joshua Kelley
In chapter 16 Huck is faced with an important moral dilemma of choosing to give up his good friend Jim, or help guide him to freedom. Knowing that the right thing to do is to take Jim back to Miss Watson, Huck realizes that turning Jim in would have him fell guilty and awful knowing that to Jim Huck was his only good friend. Deep down Huck only has good intentions and wants to help Jim. His conscience is what helps him make the decision and to solve a situation over what the society said. Huck knows that he can trust himself and his conscience as he continues his adventures with Jim by his every move.
ReplyDelete- Savannah Ortivez
Chapter 16 shows how Huck's morals and maturity has developed throughout the story. He is faced with the problem of giving up Jim when some men stop his raft and tell him they're looking for escaped slaves. Instead, he does what he believes is right and lies. This shows Huck's independence since he does the opposite of what most of society would of done and this shows how the relationship between Huck and Jim has grown throughout the story.
ReplyDeleteHuck is stuck with the decision to turn in Jim as a runaway slave, or continue to help Jim make his way to freedom as Huck's friend. Huck thinks about the two choices he has: betray Miss Watson and help Jim escape, or turn in his friend because it is the lawful thing to do. As Huck and Jim approach what they believe is Cairo, Jim praises Huck and calls him his best and only friend for helping him become free. When the opportunity presents itself to turn Jim in, Huck just couldn't get himself to do it. Instead, he continues doing what he was doing in the first place. Though Huck is struck with guilt, he realizes that even if he had turned Jim in, he still would've felt bad.
ReplyDelete-Valerie Aspen Duran
In chapter 16, Huck faces a struggle between what is morally right and what is ethically right. Huck begins to believe that by turning Jim in, he would feel the pressure of allowing Jim to be free weigh off of him, and even more so when Jim talks about buying his wife and/or stealing his kids. On page 82-83 Huck thinks, "Here was this nigger which I had as good as helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and saying he would steal his children- children that belonged to a man I didn't even know;a man that hadn't ever done me no harm.", indicating that thinking of turning in a run-away slave was very common. But it tore Huck because he had grown fond of Jim, not as a servant, but as a friend, almost on the same level as Tom, and he knew that either way he would feel horrible about what the outcome would be. In the end when Huck says that Jim was white, and tricked the men that his "pap" had the small-pox, they each gave him a 20 dollar gold piece to help him and his "father". I think after that event he also began to think to himself that it is troublesome to do the right thing. He has already let go of religion and has created a more realistic mind set of doing things the way he sees fit. The dilemma he faced, is beginning to push him more to be a better person, morally, without his realization.
ReplyDeleteHuck has gone threw many dilemmas but this situation must have been the hardest one for him. He had to choose whether coming out clean to the law or staying loyal to a friend. The fact that he chose Jim, whom was considered as the " bad thing", really does tell a lot about Huck. Jim and Huck have grown to become really good friends, not only that but he has learned how to be caring and understanding towards other people.
ReplyDelete-Eurydice Siqueiros
In chapter 16, Huck faces a moral dilemma in which he is decisive on whether he should turn Jim in, for he is a runaway, or help him escape.Huck knows that the right thing to do is to return Jim back to Mrs. Watson, but then he would feel terrible and guilty, because he knows that Jim refers to him as his only friend. He proved his loyalty and trust to Jim by keeping him a secret from the authorities.Huck's character shows the reader how he slowly encounters decisions that he has to make and considers how his decision will affect the future. The significance in this, is that Huck has realized that he can make his own decisions and that he has natural good morals. He was in a tough situation, but he put his friend before the law, which shows a lot about Huck.
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In this chapter, Jim begins to realize just how close he is to freedom. In hearing this, Huck become fully aware of what he is actually accomplishing. He begins to deliberate within his own self about what he should actually do. He then starts to think about how Miss Watson would have wanted him to do the “right” thing and turn Jim in. However, Huck has become very fond of his new friend, which keeps him from making a decision. The importance of this quandary is very high, because it’s going to affect Jim for the rest of his life. Since Huck makes the choice of not ratting out Jim, the reader can tell that his morals are changing. Huck is becoming a different person in that now he cares for another being other than himself. He decides to protect his friend even thought the average person in the south, wouldn’t have.
ReplyDeleteHuck debating whether or not to turn Jim in shows how his mindset has changed. During that time if a white person encountered a runaway colored, they wouldn't have even thought twice about turning them in. It shows he has surpassed the level everybody in that time was stuck on. During the time Huck has been with Jim, it seems that he's trying to find himself. He's trying to get away from the disastrous living his dad forced upon him, and the upscale life the widow tried to force upon him also.
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In chapter 16 Hucks moral dilemma is wether or not he should turn in Jim. Jim then also tells huck that when he's free he's going to save money and free his family and if they wouldn't set them free he would hire someone to steal them. This begins to make huck think "..belonged to a man I didn't even know; a man that hadn't ever done me no harm" this is what caused huck to want to turn in Jim. But when Jim told huck how he was a good friend and was the only friend that kept his promise, and that huck was his only friend now. This makes huck want to keep his promiseto Jim.
ReplyDelete~Jeanette Martinez
Earlier in the novel, we get a sense of loneliness coming from Huck. When Jim came along, we understand a sense of comfort from Huck because he knew he wasn't going to be alone. Then in chapter 16, Huck is faced with a self-conflicting dilemma as to whether or not he should turn Jim so as to obtain money for his capture. He came to a realization that Jim was there to help all through this time even despite hardships and trial. Huck making the decision to not turn in Jim showed a deep sense of altruism as he was probably for once putting the interest of another ahead of himself. By Huck's selfless action, we see a change of character, almost as if a coming of age moment.We acquire an impression of maturity and responsibility on Huck's part. These dilemmas are significant because it shows Huck's determination to do what he desires to do and to make sure nothing is going to stand in his way of obtaining the freedom that Jim and himself so longingly desire.
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At this point of the story, Huck has to decide weather to go with his instincts and turn Jim in,(to the slave hunters)or to go against Ms. Watson and lie to keep Jim's freedom. Huck knows its the right thing to do to by telling on Jim, but if he does so, he will end up felling terrible and regret his decision. This is a hard decision for Huck because in both sides he will end up feeling guilty. What Huck proves in these chapters, is that he doesn't see Jim as a slave, he sees him as his friend.(which is a huge deal)Huck has changed, by putting someone other than himself before him. This showed a lot about Huck's character in that he has realized that his decisions can affect his future. Huck lied to the men, with good intentions of saving his friend. By doing this he proved that he is not a scared self-centered child anymore (like in the begging of the story) it shows that through the story he has matured into a loyal carrying young man, with natural good morals.
ReplyDelete-Jacqui Benavides :)
In Chapter 16 Huck faces a great dilemma. Huck has to make the decision of either turning in Jim to the authorities or help him to freedom. Huck makes the courageous decision of lying to the authorities and keeping his friendship with Jim. This chapter gives us more information about the type of person Huck is. Huck is a loyal trustworthy friend who although doubts himself makes good decisions that affect him and all the people around him.
ReplyDelete-Andrea Terrazas
When Huck is caught running away with Jim he lies and says he will turn in any runaway slave and gets 20 dollars for his promise. Huck has to decide if he should turn Jim in or not if he turns Jim in he'll look good in front of society but in the same time he'll live with the guilt of turning in a friend. In the end Huck decides to keep lying to protect Jim and him this shows that Jim has matured just by his decision.
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During these chapters, one of Huck's main dilemmas is about Jim. Since Jim is African american, they are looking for him to capture him. Huck actually think this through and takes Jim in consideration. He feels really bad for him that he lied saying he had never seen him. Jim has been the only person who has been by his side this whole time. Things would be a lot more different with and without Jim.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 15-20 Huck faces the issue of whether to turn Jim in or not. This is difficult for Huck especially in the era and type of society he is living in.Turning in Jim would mean money and thought out be as a hero but that would also would mean lsing Jim as a friend and possibly Jim getting hurt.This decision weighs on Huck's conscience. This also tells the reader that Huck is growing up in away and is developing a mature way to think .He has to decide what is the right thing to do.
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The main dilemma is whether Huck should turn Jim in or not. He decides not to because he knows it is the right thing. But huck tends to guilt himself about it. He cares about everyone shoeing he is a good person.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces a dilema in this chapter which is sign of his charecter. He either can turn Jim in or help him get his freedom. When he dosent want to turn him in that says a lot about Huck and the theme of this book. Throughout these chapters Huck begins to realize that Jim is a person and that slavery is wrong. Which symbolizes that Huck is going through moral changes and he has changed a lot through these chapters. I think we will see a lot more moral changes througout the rest of this book. I also belive that these moral changes will completely change Huck by the end of this book.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapters 15-20 Huck goes through a series of dilemmas that he needs to overcome. One of them being the feuds between the Stepherson and Grangerford familys. Huck talks about how he is feeling uneasy about the whole situation. So in the end he ends up leaving on the restored raft with good ole' Jim.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 the first dilemma Huck faces is whether or not to help Jim become free. He keeps arguing with himself how he had to turn Jim in. It shows Huck's racist side, he believes Jim should be in slavery. He keeps feeling bad for Miss Watson, how she didn't deserve to have her slave set free. Huck makes up his mind and is about to turn Jim in until Jim pulls at his heart strings. Jim tells Huck that Huck is is only friend and the first white man to keep a promise. This right here makes Huck hesitant about turning Jim in. Then he runs into men looking for runaways and this pulls Huck's heartstrings even more. Huck lies that Jim is his white father, then acts like his father has small-pox to scare the men away. Huck then decides to ignore his racist side and just help Jim become free. These are important because it shows how Huck really feels about blacks, and slavery. These dilemmas are showing how Huck is changing into a kinder young man. Even though he thinks he's doing wrong, Huck is actually starting to do good. Proving that this journey with Jim is shaping him up to be a fine young man.
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Chapter 15-20, Joshua Messer
ReplyDeleteOne of the main dilemmas Huck faces in Chapter 16 is his growing guilt of helping Jim escape. He knows he is breaking the law but his loyalty to Jim is stronger than his morals. Huck realizes that he would feel even worse if he turned Jim in to authorities. Huck is soon confronted by two white men looking for escaped slaves, but his loyalty to Jim prevails and he covers for him; avoiding Jim’s capture. In Chapter 19, Huck avoids death during a massacre and reunites with Jim. Both begin their downward travels upon their raft. In these chapters, Huck takes on different characters in order to protect Jim; from an orphan, to a slave hunter, to a boy with a sick family, all portray Huck’s personality and desire to keep Jim free.
huck faces a series of dilemas that now he is traying to face for the wrong choices he has made. he has the dilema of turning him and jim in for helping him escape. but he whants to keep the money for his sik father. also jim considers him as his only friend. huck has to face the consecuences of his actions.
ReplyDeleteHuck is deciding if he should turn in Jim or not for running away or if he should let him go. Huck is stuck from right or wrong because Jim is a really good friend or doing the right thing. Huck decided to help his friend Jim out due to the hard times when he was growing up in America. some men show up and tell Huck that they are looking for men. Huck makes up a story in order for jim to escape. Soon Hucks starts feeling guilty for doing the wrong thing. Hucks then realizes that he want to help his friend and didn't go with what people wanted. With this you see that Hucks has matured and fights for what he wants.
ReplyDeleteHuck has made many bad decisions and now he has to deal with them. Now they are coming back to bite him. he has to decide wether to turn jim in for helping him escape or not. in jims mind huck is his only friend. but now he has to face the consequences wether he likes it or not. He should think before he acts next time.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck has to decide if he should turn in Jim for running away, or not. His dilemmas are detailed because it shows him, as a boy growing in a time when America had slaves, deciding which choice has a greater weight. When talking about his character it shows that Huck always wants to do the right thing. While simultaneously it shows that he is intelligent enough to consider other people being affected. Also his weakness for feeling at fault for himself. In conclusion, he always tries to do what is right and thinks about how it will affect others, but has a tendency to think other than himself of the situation.
ReplyDeleteHuck has to make a hard choice, Jim talks about all of the things he would do when he is free. Huck starts feeling bad or guilty and doesn't know if he should turn him in for running away or help him out. Huck realizes that helping Jim escape is breaking the law but Jim is his friend. As he is trying to make a decision, we can see how Huck is changing and shows that Huck will help his friend instead.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces an internal battle within his self, on Huck and Jim's journey to find Cairo Huck comes face to face with slave hunters. The men each gave Huck 20 dollars for the lie when he said his father was sick. Once the men left, Huck started feeling guilty. He kept wondering whether or not he should've turned in Jim. Huck was then weirdly changed from a bad person to a good boy.
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Dilemmas Huck faces at this point is if he should turn in Jim or help him escape to Cairo as he had promised. Although he thought turning in Jim was the right thing to do, he didn't see him as property so he felt guilty if he would have. Huck saw Jim as a friend so helping him would be the actual right thing to do even though people didn't think so.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces a bunch of dilemmas. One of the main ones is that he is fighting himself in whether he should turn in Jim or not. Usually there was a colored person that ran away, they would turn that person in with no questions. Huck as changed his mindset about things. He sees Jim as a friend and thinks he should help him rather then turning him in. Even though that would be the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteChapter 16, is about Huck facing a situation that can change his life forever. The problem is that Jim thinks that Huck can help free him. Huck doesn't really know what is wrong or right anymore because his life wasn't very perfect. The way that Huck is living makes his choices even harder. Huck wants to turn in Jim but doesn't want to betray a friend. Huck conscience acts on how he reacts of just thinking about helping Jim escape. At the end Huck just wants to do the right thing and so he turned Jim in. -Bobbi Cordle
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter, Huck has to choose whether to help his friend, or abide by the law and turn him in. While traveling to Cairo, Huck and Jim are stopped by two men on the lookout for five other runaway slaves. Instead of turning his friend in, he lies to the men and tells them that its his pap on the raft. With the men becoming more suspicious about Jim, Huck tells them that he's just sick. The men assumed that Huck's father was poor and both of the men put twenty dollars on a board and floated it to them. Huck proved that he doesn't budge under pressure and he understands feel terrible for turning in Jim back into slavery.
ReplyDeleteThe dilemma Huck faces in Chapter 16 is when he is traveling down the river when two men looking for 5 runaway soldiers stop him. Huck has to choose whether to go against the law and save his friend or turn in him which, to the law, would be the right thing to do. Huck decides to lie to the men and ends up saving Jim. After this situation, Huck really thinks about how he would have felt if he had turned in Jim. After putting thought into it, Huck realizes that doing either thing would have made him feel the same way. This situation really proves to the reader, what kind of a person Huck is.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces a series of moral dilemmas and one of them was choosing wether to help Jim escape or turn him in. The significance in this is that he cares about him but still feels a guilt towards letting him free.At this point of the novel, it shows that Huck is considerate and smart enough to think that it's not right to have slaves and society is wrong. He fought for what he believed in and let him free. He always thinks of others and tries to do what's right.
DeleteHuck faces a series of moral dilemmas and one of them was to choose between turning Jim in and follow the law or let Jim go free and break the law. The problem was that Huck cared about Jim but knew that he would feel some sort of guilt if he would let him go. But Huck was smart enough to realize that it was not right to have slaves, he lets Jim go free and does not turn him in. Later that night, Huck started thinking about how he would've felt if he had turned Jim in and then realized that his feelings would've been the same with whatever decision he would've made because both things mattered to him. Huck showed how unselfish he was by thinking of Jims emotions and following his conscious, which was the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteIn these chapters, Huck is brought to some things that make him question his right from wrong doings. In the previous chapters, Huck and Jim are aware that Jim may have a bounty on his head, and Huck decides to escape with Jim on a journey to free states. That was one dilemma, now Huck must decide whether he should rat out Jim back to Ms. Watson. Something tells him that it would be a good thing because Ms. Watson is a fairly good white girl. When Huck and Jim think they see Cairo, Huck goes out on the canoe to check with the intention of giving up Jim. But Huck's heart is touched when he hears Jim say that Huck is his only friend. This along with arguments between Huck and Jim show that Huck is learning morally. Perhaps the most important part of the story when it comes to him learning.
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In this chapter huck has to make a choice if he should turn in his friend. Who is a runaway slave or keep quiet and help him escape. While he was deciding he was able to remember how good of a friend he is. How he looked up to him and how much trust they had with each other. He decided to help him and stay friends.
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ReplyDeleteWhen huck finds himself struggling whether to help society or to help his friends, he has a series of dilemmas. He fight with his mind. He thinks it was a good choice to liberate jim so that he can be a free slave but he also thought it was wrong. He is teaching himself right things and wrong, he comes up what it seems to be the correct one. Jim considers huck his friend and that made huck feel guilty if he tells on him, he was also stealing from peoples property. At the end he ignores society and helps jim. He fights for what he believes in.
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ReplyDeleteWhen Huck meets two guys on a boat because of an incident with their boat he lies about having a "nigger" with him to save Jim from getting caught and sent back to the widow. Huck feels bad about lying to the men and just letting Jim freely walk around but also does not want to turn Jim in. At this point on in the novel Huck grows up and becomes smarter about things. He realizes that many things like slavery are wrong and changes his point of view on many things.
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In chapter 16, Huck finds himself with two guys pursuing runaways. In this dilemma he faces two choices, giving up his friend's location, or lie to them and protect Jim's freedom. If he chose to give up Jim, it wouldn't be right for him for being untrustworthy to his only friend. If he chose to lie to the guys, it would also be wrong because of the law in society. In the end, he chose to save Jim's freedom, and reader can infer to what kind of person Huck is, a trustful friend.
ReplyDeleteOn this chapter Huck is having a man vs. self dilema. Huck is trying to do what is moraly right and society right. He wants to help Jim be free, but he also feels he is being ungreatful towards Ms. Watson. Huck wants to help Jim out , but when Jim mentions he wants to steel hes children if he can't buy them back, Huck doesn't know what to do. He doesn't want to betrade Jim, but he doesn't want to let him go on with his plans. When Jim mentions Huck is his friend, Huck decides to keep helping Jim.
ReplyDelete- Genesis Ramirez
Huck has had his share of dilemmas throughout the book but in chapter 16 he faces one of his worse ones. He has to choose to either try to help Jim and help him escape as he is a runaway or turn him in. Huck struggles with this decision and that helps him grow more as a person. In the end he ends up helping Jim escape because he is a friend that he can trust and he makes up his mind by going against what society might think is wrong. It shows that Huck does value friendship more than anything. This also shows that Huck is a guy with courage and loyalty.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck had originally planned to turn in Jim as an escaped slave, but Hucks heart softens when Jim tells Huck that he is his only friend. Soon after Huck is approached by men looking for escaped slaves. Huck is now faced with a choice, to turn in Jim or lie to the men. Huck follows his heart and lies, says he has his smallpox infected family along with him rather than an escaped slave so the men back-off and let Huck and Jim along.
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Huck starts to find him self and help others like Jim who is excited to be almost free. Huck is torn as to turn Jim in for being a run away slave but he decides not to because he is the only one that Jim can depend on. Even though he was raised in the south and that blacks are property and have no rights Jim is still his friend who has been with him since the start of the story. Although he feels bad for the old lady that has lost her property he wants to help his best friend.
ReplyDeleteHuck is facing some serious dilemas. He starts to have a conscience that tells him what is wrong and right. Huck starts to look like a good person in this novel. Now that he helps Jim to run away.Huck now understands that Jim should not be treated as a thing or a slave. He helps Jim to be free. Huck´s conscience is making him is now think about helping others.
ReplyDeleteKAREN BAYLON
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 16, Huck faces an important moral dilemma between right and wrong. During this time slavery was the right thing. Huck has a choice to tell on Jim but then feels guilty. He then decides that Jim shouldn't be treated as a slave . He then thinks of Jim as his only friend. At this point it shows that Huck knows what is right from wrong.
DeleteIn chapter 16 Huck is faced with the dilemma of deciding between right an wrong. Even though society has labeled Jim as "property" Huck feels he is his friend. Huck chooses to deceive the slave collectors by telling them he is with his sick family and therefor they would not see Jim. His character shows a strength of honoring friendship over prejudice.
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As the story goes on, Huck Finn faces certain dilemmas that he must overcome in order to truly do what he thinks is right. In this part of the story, Huck must choose to either let Jim become a free man and risk the guilt that choice has over him or to turn Jim in for trying to escape slavery. He starts to show signs of majority feeling the pressure of the decisions that can change life forever. In the end he decides to help him and not turn Jim in.
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ReplyDeleteHuck fin makes the decision that would basically affect both sides him and his friend jim hes not sure if he should turn in jim because he is a run away slave or keep his promise and hide jim in a way hes overcome with this dilemma of right and wrong which in this there is no right or wrong if he turns in jim hes doing right for the people that are looking for jim but bad for jim because he betrayed him but by helping jim hes doing bad for the people that want him yet good for jim in the end he ended up choosing jim rather than giving him away
ReplyDeleteEntering chapter 16, Huck is now having some major dilemmas. he has to pick between right and wrong. He is approached by two men looking for runaways. Huck has to decide if he is going to follow the law and go against his friend or go against the law and stay loyal to his friend. He decides to go against the law and not turn Jim in. This shows that Huck is a good, loyal person with a conscience.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16, Huck faces a moral dilemma of either to help Jim or society. He fights with his conscience, by the choice if it was a good idea to help Jim, or if he did wrong by helping him escape. The choice he had to make was very difficult. But he later notices that he is at an age in life where he can make his own decisions. At the end maybe he did wrong, but yet he helped Jim because he wasn't going to betrayed his friend.
ReplyDeleteIn Chapter 16, Huck's dilema is that he must decide wether he should turn Jim in for being a runaway slave or if he should help his friend. Later we can see that Huck is considerate of Jim and does not want him to be harmed. Huck knows that the right thing to do would be to turn in his friend. But Huck trusts himself and decides to help Jim. This is significant because it shows how Huck was able to make his own decision and also make a mature decision.
ReplyDelete-Kimberly Gibson
Huck faces a couple dilemmas in the book and in chapter 16, Huck seems to be fighting with his conscience. This is significant because it shows Huck struggling and fighting with his conscience but being responsible and making his own smart decisions. He's wondering whether he should turn Jim in or not, Jim was going on and on about what he was going to do when he was free like saving up money, buy his wife then buy his two children and he said that if their master wouldn't sell them to him, they would steal them, this made Huck terrified and it made him lower his opinion of Jim. He was anxious to turn him in but when Jim said he was his only friend and he'll be shouting for joy because of Huck, he wasn't so sure about it anymore. But at the end, Huck decides he was going to help Jim, even though it was the wrong thing to do, at the end of it all, he helped his friend and he didn't betray him.
ReplyDeleteHuck's dilemma is actually easy. A lot of people would want to do the right thing. Its only hard for him because he's seen many people do good and bad and also him. He doesn't really no way to control his actions. His choices are to turn Jim in or freeing him. The downfall of turning him in leads to him becoming a "lyer"
ReplyDeleteand losing the money to take care of his"SICK DAD!"...luckily,he doesn't Jim in and he gets the thought of just listen to his own heart.To do what feels right.
Huck is stuck in a pretty big dilemma. He does not know whether to turn in Jim as a run away slave or help him get free. Huck and Jim had gotten very close up until now and Huck feels that it is the right thing to do as a friend but he also feels terrible and wants to turn Jim in. Huck realized that it is best if he helps his friend out though it may not be the right thing to do.
ReplyDeleteFor the time period taking place in this book, Huck faces the difficult decision of whether he should turn in Jim or not. Huck knows he probably should turn him in for running away, but then again, Jim is his friend who has helped him survive when he, himself ran away and kept him good company. He matures as he decides he wants to take the risk of helping his friend despite his other beliefs and everyone else's. It's significant because it shows his true character.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces the dilemma of whether or not to help Jim a run away slave. Its hard for HUck because of the time period. You can also tell that Huck feels weird at first for helping JIm but as they get closer and closer he knows he did the right thing by choosing to help him out. Huck knows jim is a good person.
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ReplyDeleteDuring chapter 16 Huck faces a dilemma on his view of Jim. Huck is having this inter conflict with himself, because he dose not know if he should turn in Jim or help him be free. As we continue to read this book we begin to notice Huck starts seeing things differently, and starts learning on his own what is better to others than to society in general. Huck likes Jim, together they have helped each other and have learned things from one another. Huck does not see Jim as a slave and wants to help him. Here we get to see Huck is not growing with the same mentality as other people during that time.
ReplyDeleteHuck is facing with a Big dilema. Huck has to decide whether to return Jim to Miss Watson or to help him be free.He starts to remember all the good things Miss Watson had done for him so he thinks, Huck feels sick having to make a hard decision like this. In the end Huck decides to help Jim. This goes to show how Huck has really grown some kind of love/ friendship towards Jim. Huck ends up being loyal to Jim. Huck is facing with a Big dilema. Huck has to decide whether to return Jim to Miss Watson or to help him be free.He starts to remember all the good things Miss Watson had done for him so he thinks, Huck feels sick having to make a hard decision like this. In the end Huck decides to help Jim. This goes to show how Huck has really grown some kind of love/ friendship towards Jim. Huck ends up being loyal to Jim.
ReplyDelete-Hillary Ramirez
Throughout chapter 16, Huck's dilemma is deciding weather to turn in his friend Jim or to lie so that Jim can have his freedom. Huck is indecisive about this conflict because they grew a mutual bond for each other which makes it harsh on him to treat Jim as a slave and not give him his freedom. Huck also faces guilt for covering Jim up from the law, but his guilt for not giving his friend his freedom would result in greater remorse. Huck then decides that even tho turning in Jim to the slave hunters is the right thing to do, he has a loyal friendship with Jim and would not want to loose that or hurt him. At this point of the novel I was able to conclude that Huck's character is matured because he is making responsible decisions regarding Jim and his freedom.
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The biggest dilema Huck has to face in chapter 16, is a moral dilema. Should he help Jim, or not . knowing he is a run away slave , should he help him escape or turn him in . This dilema really shows how Huck is growing and maturing, he is now thinking about what is wrong and what is right . Slowly with the things huck is facing he is having to mature and think about things like this.
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Huck has to decide whether to turn in Jim to the hunters who were looking for runaway slaves, or actually help Jim get to the north and earn his freedom and not have to worry about being a slave. instead Huck decides to keep their friendship and lie to the hunters, by saying they were sick and needed help, the hunters gave him money and sent huck on his way. throught the book their friendship is strengthen in various situations. Jim realizes that Huck keeps his word and Jim considers him as his only best friend he got. Jaime Balderrama
ReplyDeleteThe biggest issue huck has in these chapters is his choice of giving up jim. But the challenges he faces arn't really giving him up but fighting over himself by not knowing what's truely right and where to lay loyalty. To a woman who cared for him or a subhuman man that he had befriended. Where should they truely? If you were in that situation and you had been raised to see blacks as dogs would it be right to betray someone who cared for you over something you befriended. But that was another part of his struggle, becoming friends with jim and seeing him more as a person. These issues are critical to the book.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 16 Huck has to face the dilema of the doing the right thing or the wrong. This is significant to the story because it shows you where Huck's mind is at this time of the story. If Huck were to turn Jim in it would show the readers. That Huck was willing to not only turn Jim in for the right to Miss Watson but also for the feeling of doing the right thing in life. Or Huck had the choice of staying loyal to Jim, which meant to keep up the river to freedom for them both. Also being known as someone who helped free an owned slave. From a woman that tried to only do good for him. Huck decides to tell the men on the skiff that Jim is a white man with the small pox and stays loyal to Jim. So this shows the reader that hucks character is trustworthy and loyal and willing to do the wrong thing for a good friend.
ReplyDeleteThe big moral dillema that Huck has is wether to turn Jim in or not. It is a huge inner conflict because Huck looks down on Jim a little because of some things he has told him. Later Jim tells Huck about the joy and happiness he feels from the help he is receiving from his only friend. This is what causes a huge conflict within in his conscious mind. This over all shows he is thinking and seperating right from wrong, showing the reader that he is slowly maturing. Back then, it would have been a hard decision because the time period that the book is held in.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter huck is fighthing between turning in Jim to his owneror not. Throughout this whole story he has been doing the right thing and thinking about everyone's opinion. The dilemma in this chapter is very significant because Huck obviously knows Jim is a run a way slave but he also has a bond with him . The thing is Huck doesntsee jim as a slave. Chapter 16 shows how Huck doesn't think the same way as everyone else . -natalie escobedo
ReplyDeleteHuck has to decide whether to do right morally or do right for the society. Huck believes that Jim isn’t property and knows that he is somewhat of Jim’s new “family”. But on the other hand, Jim is a runaway slave and turning him would be the right thing to do in the eyes of white folk. Huck contemplates on the future consequences of both decisions but ends up deciding to do what is morally right, to keep Jim from being owned. Being able making decisions that affect not only himself but the well being of others show that Huck is shaping into a mature young man.
ReplyDelete-Carlos Aceves
In chapter 16, Huck is faced with the dilemma of either turning in his friend, Jim to his owner, Miss Watson, or helping him reach his freedom. This puts Huck in the position of being loyal to his friend which he has become so fond of or doing what's "right" for the sake of his life. Huck is always putting others before himself, but this time he is indecisive because he doesn't yet know the greater morality of the situation. What is the "right thing"? Will Huck's conscience get the best of him? At this point in the novel, Huck is slowly evolving into a responsible character that tries to see situations from all points of view and not just his own.
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huck is a very honest guy we could say and he always cares an listens to everyone's opinion. the dilemma on chapter 16 is either return jim to his owner, or to just satay quiet. this decision is hard for huck because there are 2 possible "right" choices. either to return jim to his owner because ha has escaoed, or to just let it be because he is a salve and he should not be looked upon as property of someone because he is also human. huck has this huge dilemma but he also knows that he has a bond with jim so he could not do that to him and decides to not turn him in. this shows us that huck is little by little maturing.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces some series of dilemmas whom he is decisive and trying to fight his conscience in weather he should turn Jim in; A runaway, or help him escape. Huck after then knows that he is able to trust himself but his conscience also, Showing more of his maturity in what he is willing to so and sacrifice for his friend Jim.
ReplyDeleteHuck faces a series of dilemmas that now he is trying to face for the wrong choices he has made.Once the 2 men come looking for the black people, Huck lied to them and he recived money.After passing an undecidible phace Huck undertands helping Jim become free is the right thing even though society might think the opposite.
ReplyDeleteHuck starts to regret helping Jim runaway. Hucks begins to wonder if he should tell on Jim, this shows that Huck has broken his promise to Jim, and might not be as nice as he seems. The when they arrive at Cairo, Jim tells Huck that he's true, and the best friend Jim has ever had, and that makes Huck change his mind about turning in Jim.
ReplyDeleteHuck starts to understand what it takes to be a good friend. After being separated by the current of the Mississippi river for hours, Huck finds Jim asleep on the raft. He hops back on and attempts to fool Jim into thinking they had never been separated, that he had simply been dreaming. "I wake up en fine you back agin', all safe en soun', de tears come...I's so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin 'bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim." Seeing how much he hurt Jim "made [him] feel so mean" that after apologizing, Huck swore not to "do him no more mean tricks." Huck begins to conduct himself by minding the emotional significance a true friendship bears.
ReplyDeletethe dilemma the huck faces in ch 16 is weather turning in jim for running away or not. the reason why this dilemma is so significant is because hucks character is changing. during this situation this shows the reader that huck has a better understanding of himself the person he wants to be how his action will prove this. huck has a change of heart and its for the better.
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