“Jim said he reckoned the widow was partly right and pap was partly right”—p. 73
In this quote, Huck and Jim were debating weather or not to ‘borrow’ the fruits. Huck can’t decide if it’s morally right to borrow from this stranger. To help make up his mind Huck gives the points of view of his two mentors, Pap and the Widow. He makes his decision based on finding a happy medium between the two beliefs. This shows how Huck’s morals were affected by being raised by both a psycho drunk and a god-fearing widow. The two extreme personalities that helped raise Huck sort of cancel each other out. In the end, he decides to not borrow all of the fruits and to leave some behind.
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