In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck experiences many situations that require him to use his moral judgment. Throughout the entire adventure, Huck is essentially responsible for Jim's fate. Huck's taught beliefs lead him down the wrong path at first, but ultimately, until Tom arrives, his newly developed morals guide him. Society believes that slaves should be treated as property, but Huck's new beliefs tell him that Jim is a person; not property. Although Huck does not realize that his actions are more moral than those of his environment, he chooses to follow his instincts rather than follow the rules. As shown in The Adventures of Huck Finn, as well as events in my daily life, I believe that while the external environment has little impact on our beliefs and identities, each individual fully develops their own morals regardless of what the environment throws at them. he taught. .Throughout the novel Huck struggles to follow his morals because he is afraid of abandoning the values ​​he has been taught by his environment. When he first travels with Jim along the river, he thinks it is a shame to help an escaped slave because he is breaking the laws of Southern society. As he thinks about his conflict, Miss Watson comes to mind. Huck wonders, "What did poor Miss Watson do to you that you could see her nigger run away right before your eyes and never say a single word? What did that poor old woman do to you that you could treat her so mean " (Twain 100)? Although Huck believes that Jim deserves to live freely, Huck is eager to help him because he fears disobeying the values ​​of his environment. Every time Huck follows his sense of decency, he still makes mistakes, but he knows he is wrong.W...... middle of paper...... he developed his own beliefs, which were nothing like those he they had been taught to her by her environment. Everyone forms their own identity in life Of course there are external environment factors such as community and family that influence the development of values, but in addition to the external factors that shape us just a little, there are even more important factors. Watching Huck's development throughout the novel, I see that everything that truly shapes us is already within us. The changes my adopted siblings have made show me that it is up to us as individuals to form our own identities. Our external environments impact our beliefs and values ​​early in life, but everyone is capable of forming an identity all their own, with little to no help from outside forces. Works Cited Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Penguin Books, 2003.