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Rough Draft: YIDINS paper- Huck Finn and The Chosen
The very element of the human soul that guides decision making proves to be the
conscience. In the literary works The Chosen by Chaim Potok and The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the reader realizes how the dynamic struggles with
conscience can strengthen a character’s knowledge and understanding of himself.
Danny, a central character in The Chosen, struggles between his father’s wishes
and his heart’s desire. ...
Huck, obviously the main character of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
struggles with the choice of either turning in his best friend, Jim, or harboring this kind-
hearted runaway slave. In Chapter thirty-one, Huck decides to write a note to the widow
exposing the whereabouts of Jim, putting him where society considers stands as his
rightful place. Huck’s conscience is torn because he learns in previous chapters that,
according to the society at that time, one can go to hell for dealing with slaves in a
manner such as Huck’s. Huck neither wanted to end up in the depths of Hades, nor be
labeled a low-life by society. In this chapter, Huck’s heart begins to speak to him through
his decision-making, where he finds that he is unable to find fault against Jim, “ I see Jim
before me, all the time, in the day and in the night-time, sometimes moonlight, sometimes
storms, and we a floating along, talking, and singing, and laughing.
Approximate Word count = 1006
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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