Huckleberry Finn's conscience and morality regarding regarding Jim as a friend changes throughout the novel as their bonds with each other others increase. In most parts of the story, Huck has an internal conflict over whether or not to turn Jim in, but Huck keeps thinking about how bad he would feel afterwards. In Chapter 8, Huck discovers that Jim is a fugitive. Jim explains to Huck that he overheard Miss Watson talking about how she was going to sell Jim to a New Orleans slave trader for $800, which would separate Jim from his family. Plus, he and Jim travel together for the same reason: freedom. Huck escapes his own home life from the Widow Douglas and his abusive father, believing they are preventing him from being who he wants to be. Before running away, the widow wanted Huck to have good manners and etiquette, but rebelled by not doing so. listen to them. Huck's father forbids him from going to school because he didn't want him to be better than him, but Huck goes to school anyway. Huck's need for freedom, in my opinion, seemed insignificant in comparison to Jim's need for freedom, given the fact that...