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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is about the many exploits of an orphaned boy named Huck, and a runaway slave named Jim. Huck is caught in a struggle between the values he has been taught are right, and the values his conscience dictates. This “internal struggle” is portrayed in the raft scene in which Huck and Jim encounter slave hunters. This dilemma portrays Huck’s biggest test; a situation in which he …

…but after Huck forms a close relationship with Jim, society’s beliefs are no longer “right” according to Huck. With some conflict, Huck tries to find his own definition of “right” about slavery and Jim. Nowhere is this more evident than in Huck’s encounter with the slave hunters. Huck’s conscience and heart tells him that it hurts him more to turn against a friend than to be “right” in the eyes of society.