At the beginning of chapter sixteen, Huck lodges himself in
deep though and thinks whether helping Jim to freedom is the right thing to do. Choose whether or not Huck is doing the right
thing and explain. Also, what would
happen if Huck got caught helping Jim?
--Tyler Price
7 comments:
I do not think that what he is doing can be defined as right or wrong. People will argue that it was the right thing to do because he was born into slavery and deserved to have the freedom, chances, and opportunities that free slaves have. But Jim is also putting Huck into grave danger by having him help to escape slavery into freedom. People will argue that Huck is doing the wrong thing because it is not what the white race was supposed to be doing at this time. Huck could easily be killed if he got/gets caught helping Jim.
-Madeline Russell
I think that whether Huck is doing the right thing or not is based on perspective. I personally think he is doing the right thing by helping Jim escape, but a white southern person in that time period would probably disagree with me. If Huck was caught helping Jim in a very hostile environment, he might be killed. But I think in most places he would just be punished by a beating or something similar.
-Carlye Chaney
blake grojean
I strongly believe Huck is doing the right thing. Although society at the times looks down upon setting black people free, it is wrong for them to be enslaved. If Huck got caught helping Jim to freedom I think he would just be charged with stealing someone's possesion becusae that is how whites viewed blacks as objects.
Jennifer Kraemer
I think that morally Huck is doing the right thing. He is helping a wronly enslaved man to freedom, and being loyal to his friend. From society's perspective Huck is doing the wrong thing. Technically Jim is a criminal for running away and Huck is breaking the laws by helping him. This is why Huck thinks what he is doing is so bad, because society says so. If Huck was caught he would be considered a criminal for breaking the law, and he would be treated like one.
I think that, in this day and age, it would obviously seem like Huck was doing the right thing by helping Jim to gain his freedom. However, back then, it was much cloudier as to what the right thing to do was. Slavery was a commonly accepted practice and helping a slave to escape was essentially stealing from another person. Huck pointed out that the woman who owned Jim had never done anything to wrong him and yet he was still stealing her slave away from her. If Huck had gotten caught helping Jim, he probably would have received harsh punishments and isolation from the rest of the town because no one seemed to want to be around someone who helped slaves escape.
-Katrina Hauser
I think that Huck is doing the right thing by deciding to help Jim escape. At the time it was viewed as a crime to help a slave escape. He would probably be charged with a crime and could have possibly gone to jail. Making this decision was a huge moral battle for Huck, but he decides to help Jim because they have been through a lot together
^Jake Gaal
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