Huckleberry Finn’s Moral Compass

Nathan Walker Mr. Dickenson Period 3 1/7/12 Critic Keith Neilson writes, And so huckleberry Finn ends, one of the saddest happy finishings in literary productions. Jim is free, after an awful initiation that nearly gets him lynched. turkey cock is almost killed, thus far learns no social function from the experience. But Hucks loss seems the greatest of all. later on finally letting his heart overcome all of the prejudices and chaste inhibitions that family has put into his head, having determined to defy society to go whole grab to rescue his friend Jim, he meets Tom Sawyer and immediately crawls moxie under Toms Romantic Wing.Hucks character and moral nature seem violatedOne of the greatest characters in literature has been forced to go backwards and we feel cheated. For years, critics support argued over the ending of Huckleberry Finn. Critics tear apart theracial content, issues about gender and sexuality, and most interestingly the ongoing controversy over the final c hapters. The debate remainsregardingwhether or not Twain wrote the ending with a purpose, or if he reasonable took an easy way out. For example, the ending comes abruptly.In addition, readers are upset abouthow Huck disappears and Tom reemerges. On the other hand, others feel that the ending is a masterpiece. Personally, I dissolve see both sides of the debate. On one hand, it seems that Twain created a masterpiece just to throw it away at the end. We see that Huck, who we were root for all along, has not changed and will continue to carry out Toms whims and fantasies. All the progress he has made with Jim has been destroyed. This is one of the galore(postnominal)aspects that engender the novel picaresque. On the other hand however, I can see why Twain did what he did.In order to be innocent with Hucks character, Twain could not form allowed Huck to make up the hero. Furthermore, in the time period of the Southern 1800? s, if Huck had changed his ways, society would collapse been shocked. If society hated the book, Twains message would not have been so wide spread as it was, as the book would have probably banned. Another possible idea is that Twain wanted to make his readers wonder, and leave them to make their own decisions. One thing is real however, either way you translate the ending Twain sure knows how to stir controversy.