Hucleberry Finn and Ethan From
Huckleberry Finn , and Ethan Frome are two examples of books in which the main character has to make a moral decision, between conforming, and being considered a deviant. Huckleberry Finn has to make a decision which could cost him his life, and possibly the lives, and the reputations of his friends and his family. Ethan Frome has to make a decision in which either he can stay with his wife who he feels committed to, o r he can run off with her niece. Each character’s morals and beliefs are being tested, and for both the decision was hard to make because no matter which way they went they were going to hurt someone. In both cases the main character has a certain amount of time to make the decision, in Huck’s case before the public finds out, and in Ethan’s case before his wife finds out. Huckleberry had grown found for a slave named Jim, and Huckleberry had such a large respect for Jim that he was willing to risk his own life to lead Jim to freedom. In this time if anyone knew of Huck’s secret then he would have been lynched. Association with a Negro was bad enough, but to have a mutual friendship was certain death. Friendship was not as far as this relationship went. Huck was going to attempt to free a black slave. This act
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Approximate Word count = 807
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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