Steamboat Wreck

When Huck and Jim are sailing down the river on a raft, they come across a wrecked steamboat. Huck thinks that it would be a great idea to go aboard the boat and look around for any treasure or money on it. Also, Huck wants to go on the steamboat for an adventure because he knows that Tom would do the same thing in his position. Jim does not think that going on the boat would be a good idea, however, Huck finally persuades Jim into the idea. On the boat, they hear voices coming from a certain room. Huck sneaks over to that part of the boat and is astonished when he sees three men in the room. One is tied up on the ground with two men standing over him, threatening him. One of the men standing up has a pistol.
Huck decides that their only way of escape is by stealing the robbers’ boat because their own raft had broken loose. After Huck and Jim escape, Huck begins to feel poorly about leaving the robbers there stranded. He is sad because he could end up as a murderer just like those two men. Once Huck and Jim reached land, Huck decided to go get help and convinces a watchman that his own family was stranded out on the Walter Scott steamboat wreck. The watchman than takes a ferry out to investigate the crash.
This shows us a more caring side of Huck. The book stated how the Widow would have approved of Huck’s actions. This shows us that Huck does look up to people like the widow and wants to be morally good for her. Huck is not just a hooligan that is in a gang, which wants to rob others. Huck does strive to be a morally good person, and he has a good heart.