How did Huck Finn stand up for what he valued?

Huck undermines the Duke and Dauphin’s con games. The Duke and Dauphin con people into giving them money, which would also benefit Huck since they must travel together. However, one example of when Huck shows great character is when he steals the money that the con artists steal for themselves. Huck intends to give it back to their owners but he loses the money due to the fear of being caught. Huck found out that, “They took and shoved the bag through a rip in the straw tick that was under the featherbed”(177). He then sneaks his way into their room and “had it out of there before they was halfway down-stairs”(177). Huck frequently does actions to contradict the values of the Duke and the Dauphin in order to satisfy his own high moral values.

The rejection of slavery is a key action of Huck’s that truly shows that his own moral values were in conflict with the laws of society. The accepted law of all southerners was to return slaves to their owners. However, Huck disregards this law and the both of them, Huck and Jim, travel down the river together, white and black

Huck's values are evident in his treatment of Jim and other characters in the story. This is a novel about how the morals and values of a society can directly conflict the higher moral values of Christianity.

Example- Theft. The Duke and Dauphin con people out of their hard earned money. In other words, they steal it. Huck steals the money back from them intending to give it back to its rightful owners but loses it. His intentions were good, although in this circumstance his knowledge of what's morally right didn't turn out the way he planned.

“They took and shoved the bag through a rip in the straw tick that was under the featherbed”(177). He then sneaks his way into their room and “had it out of there before they was halfway down-stairs”(177).

Huck's views on slavery were evident in the way he assisted and treated Jim. His moral values were in direct conflict with society's. Huck thinks about turning Jim over to the authorities and changes his mind. For him, slavery is morally wrong.

Huck told Jim that, “People would call [him] a low down Abolitionist and despise [him] for keeping mum-but that don’t make no difference. I ain’t going to tell, and I ain’t a-going back there, anyways” (43).