Conscience the Sense of Right and Wrong - Huckleberry Finn

Conscience (con·science): a. The awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong: Let your conscience be your guide. b. A source of moral or ethical judgment or pronouncement. c. Conformity to one's own sense of right conduct. Huck has lived a tough life in the few years he has been here, no mom, and a dad that is a complete drunk who can’…

…who was his best friend and almost like a father to him. These have just been a few of the experiences along the wild journey Huck calls life. Huck doesn’t necessarily always make what we would call the right decision but to him and his conscience he has always done what is right. More times that not his conscience has turned out to be the better decision for him and Jim’s well being.