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According to Laurence Sterne, Nobody, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a mans mind rupture asunder by two projects of equal potence, but obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time. In Mark Twains novel, The Adventures of huckabackleberry Finn, the character Huckleberry Finn, also known as Huck, is one who can conceive this plague. Huck Finns two projects of equal strength was the difficult decision whether to turn Jim, a black slave, over to his arightful property owner or to continue helping Jim escape to freedom. This inside(a) deviation took place in Jims conscience of trying to decide what the right thing to do was. These two conflicting forces were the basis of how the story was told. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is told from Hucks viewpoint, and it illuminated the quandary that Huck faces as he befriends Jim and helps him to freedom, as well as convincing himself talkimg himself into believing feeling . A part of Huck vox populi helping Jim was wrong because helping a black man escape to freedom was against societys rules and went against everything that he had been taught and raised to believe. The other part of Huck saw Jim as a good person, a friend, and believed Jim should be free from slavery. It was a war between Hucks conscience of not spare-time activity societys conventional laws and following his heart in what seemed right. Throughout the novel, Huck questioned whether he was doing the right thing. Even though he felt he was doing the right thing, he kept thinking about how he was going against societys values and ideals. Huck also felt that he was betraying elude Watson by taking Jim, her property, away from her. Miss Watson was always good to Huc... ... I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself All right, then, Ill go to helland tore it up (Twain 317). At this point in the novel, Huck realizes that he would rather go to Hell for doing what he believed to be right even if it is wrong in others eyes, including Gods. Although Huck knew it was wrong to help a runaway slave, he also knew it was what he had to do, it felt right to him. The inner turmoil that Huck experienced within his conscience was a constant battle, but Huck make the decision to follow his heart. Huck learns, from his own breeding experiences of befriending Jim and his own moral conscience and intuition, that standing up for what seems right isnt always easy to do, but its the right thing to do. Huck made the moral decision to go against what he had been taught was right and do what he knew was right.