Huck struggles with his conscience over helping Jim from "summary" of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Huck and me was feeling pretty good and excited, because we was free and safe, and hadn't no more distressing adventures. We was setting here, warm and comfortable, and didn't have no more doubts - because we was done with them. We had got away with Jim, and was going to set him free - and that was a good thing, and would make us feel better and better, the more we thought about it. But then, all of a sudden, the thought of Miss Watson come into my mind, and it made me feel dreadful and mean. Miss Watson was a good woman, and had always been good to me. She had always told me what I must do, and what I mustn't do, and had always been kind. And here I was, stealing her nigger and helping him escape from slavery. It made me feel awful bad, and I wished I hadn't ever done it. Jim was my friend, and I knew he deserved to be free - but Miss Watson had been good to me, and I felt like I was betraying her. I tried to tell myself that I was doing the right thing by helping Jim. I tried to convince myself that it was wrong to keep a man in chains, and that I was helping him to a better life. But every time I thought about Miss Watson, and how she had always been good to me, my conscience troubled me. It kept telling me that I was doing wrong, and that I was going against everything I had been taught. I couldn't sleep at night, because my conscience kept bothering me. I would lie awake, thinking about Miss Watson and Jim, and wondering if I was doing the right thing. I knew that helping Jim was the right thing to do - but I couldn't shake the feeling that I was betraying Miss Watson, and that I was doing something wicked and sinful. I was torn between my duty to my friend, and my duty to the woman who had raised me. I didn't know what to do, or how to make things right. I was in a terrible fix, and the more I thought about it, the worse I felt. I was struggling with my conscience, and I didn't know if I would ever find peace.
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