In his many adventures, Huckleberry Finn encounters numerous situations where his morality is tested or must be implemented. Huck has moral dilemmas to a certain extent, but he manages to find the answer to his questions. He also understands that sometimes society has it all wrong and that sometimes you just have to follow your heart. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain reveals that what is honorable is following one's natural moral instincts, not what society and civilization consider moral. From the beginning of the book, it is shown that Huck is forced to conform to what others think is best for him. Huckleberry was taken in by the Widow Douglas because his father was no longer a part of his life and he needed a parental figure. “The Widow Douglas took me for her son, and allowed me to be civilised; but it was hard to live always at home, considering how sadly regular and dignified the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't take it anymore, I left” (11). By trying to civilize Huckleberry, Widow Douglas was dictating what she thought was best for him and not listening to what he thought or wanted. Huck was a very opinionated person and often expressed his opinion without remorse, which the Widow Douglas did not like. “All I wanted was to go somewhere; all I wanted was a change, I wasn't particularly fussy. He said it was evil to say what I said; she said she would live so as to go to the good place” (12). We see here the Widow Douglas explaining to Huck how her way of life was the best and to get into the "good place", or heaven, that he must live his life as his own. Twain paints the widow as unpleasant and preachy to make the reader sympathize with Huck as a little boy who needs to get out of... middle of paper... influenced by everyone else. “And I let them stay; and I never thought about reform again” (210). This quote expresses how Huckleberry was tired of doing what others thought was best. He had come to the conclusion that he was independent and did not have to reform himself according to society's norms. As the book progresses, Huckleberry gains a deeper understanding of how to step back and think not in terms of what society says is true, but in terms of what his heart tells him. Huckleberry's disgust with society is what ultimately pushed him to look deeper into what he himself wanted with his life. He understands that sometimes society has it all wrong and that sometimes you just have to follow your heart. In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we discover that what is honorable is following one's natural moral instincts, not what society and civilization deems moral..