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It was a close place. I took . . . up [the letter I’d written to Miss Watson], and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming.
So Huckleberry had the Widow as a foster mother, she took him to church every Sunday. Huckleberry didn't like civilization much.
Huckleberry's father, kidnapped him. A vicious drunk, he was about to kill Huckleberry, but Huckleberry faked his own death and escaped onto the Mississippi River. That's where he meets Jim, a runaway slave.
Jim's goal is to find his wife and kids who have been sold down river.
Jim's an all around good person. He's kind, thoughtful, and all that.
The problem is, society, the church, and even his no-good drunk of a dad had tought Huckleberry that turning in a runaway slave was the right thing to do.
So what was Huckleberry to do? He wrote a letter to Miss Watson explaining how to find Jim and return him to slavery. But then he decides to tear the letter up.
“All right then, I’ll go to hell,” he says.
Was this the right decision?
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Important Quotes Explained | SparkNotes
Explanation of the famous quotes in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, including all important speeches, comments, quotations, and monologues.
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So Huckleberry had the Widow as a foster mother, she took him to church every Sunday. Huckleberry didn't like civilization much.
Huckleberry's father, kidnapped him. A vicious drunk, he was about to kill Huckleberry, but Huckleberry faked his own death and escaped onto the Mississippi River. That's where he meets Jim, a runaway slave.
Jim's goal is to find his wife and kids who have been sold down river.
Jim's an all around good person. He's kind, thoughtful, and all that.
The problem is, society, the church, and even his no-good drunk of a dad had tought Huckleberry that turning in a runaway slave was the right thing to do.
So what was Huckleberry to do? He wrote a letter to Miss Watson explaining how to find Jim and return him to slavery. But then he decides to tear the letter up.
“All right then, I’ll go to hell,” he says.
Was this the right decision?