Do you know which is right, to say truth or falseness? I think that most people will answer truth is right. But, we can see what is right through "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn".
This movie is the story which describes an adventure of Hack and Jim. Hack is a boy. He wanted to escape from his father. Jim is a slave. He wanted to go to the Free State. Though the purposes of the adventure of two are different, close two were supposed to go down the river by ship together. This story has constituents of family, racial discrimination and encounter with people of various circumstances. But I paid my attention to various negotiations with Huck and the characters. Huck is called a liar, but I will talk about importance of the truth of remarks.
In the case of drifting, Huck meets pursuers of Jim. In this scene, we can see Huck's psychological conflict. He thinks whether he may continue this adventure with Jim and should deliver Jim to the pursuers. In this movie, we can often hear the narration. Most of it is voices of heart of Huck. In other words they express the true intention of Huck. In short, it is the true intention of Huck to think about informing of Jim. On Hack's way to the pursuers, he thinks that this is right as if he persuades himself. But in the case of negotiations with the pursuers, he told falseness that he is not with a black.
For Huck that it is natural to tell falseness, how did he feel this lie in this scene? He has been based on him and if he judges that is OK, he tells falseness. But he tells falseness while thinking that he has to tell truth then.
Huck thought that it was right to tell truth first. When Hack told falseness, Jim called Huck a right person. If it is so, whichever Huck told truth or falseness, he was right. So I cannot conclude whether truth is right or falseness is right. But an element that it was right for Huck to tell falseness at that situation will be in sight after this.
Their ship sinks, and they change to a raft. But the rift is broken and they are exiled to an island. Huck is welcomed by certain family, while Jim is caught as a slave. The negotiations of them here have a notable point though it may be against the theme.
Jim has an adventure to go to Free State. So if he is caught as a slave here, he will get absolutely nothing out of it. Therefore he suggests to Huck to leave the island, but Hack doesn't take it. Hack said that he wants to live this island a little more. And Hack said to Jim that if even himself is all right, he is all right. If we judge it from the flow and the tone of the negotiations, the phrase is not falseness or a joke, but it is clear that is the true intention.
After that Huck saw Jim is hit with a whip and his body is swollen with Hack's own eyes. And Huck is shocked. Actually, is he surprised at Jim's swollen body? Because Jim is a slave, Hack should have been able to expect that Jim is hit with a whip if he makes a mistake.
Then Huck found that he was wrong by having seen Jim's body. Hack's surprise expresses his feeling of despair at himself. Tough he said to Jim that if even himself is OK, he is OK, himself has been so. He has told falseness so that he is OK. But he got rid of Jim. Though it is Jim to be hard, Hack thought of only himself.
Here Huck chose a side that he profited and thought that it was wrong. In other words, the thing coming from this scene is that it is right to think of somebody not thinking about one's profit. If I apply this about the truth of remarks, it will get closer to a conclusion.
After they left the island, they meet brothers who give their name as King and Duke. They are going to seize property by being disguised as brothers of millionaire who died the day before. They indeed seem to symbolize falseness. Huck is disgusted with them and waves his neck. For Hack, it is the obvious thing that they are not right. That's because not only they deceive others but they think of only their own profit as I talked some time ago.
Finally their lie comes out and they are punished with being soaked in a tar. We can see how they were not right by their result. The wrath of Heaven seemed to fall to them.
To tell the conclusion, truth is not always right and falseness is not always wrong. Falseness is sometimes necessary to help an important person. Falseness that you think of only own profit or only help yourself should be denied. In other words, it is not important whether truth or falseness. It depends on your situation. In the scene of Huck's conflict I talked first, Huck thought of Jim and told falseness to help him. Huck was right.
Here it is the last, but I want to talk about Jim's falseness. Rather than falseness, he didn't tell truth.
When Huck and Jim change to a raft, Jim witnessed the dead body of Hack's father. Jim didn't tell it to Hack. Why did Jim do so? That's because he feared that the adventure with Huck was broke off. The purpose of Huck's adventure is to escape from his father. And the adventure just began. If Huck had known father's death, he would have stopped the adventure. Two are better than one to raise the success rate of the escape and he might think he has to go to Free State as soon as possible. So Jim thought of only himself and didn't tell truth.
Then it is expected that Jim didn't do a right thing in the conclusion. The wrath of Heaven may fall in Jim. However, in the scene that liar brothers appear, Jim was caught and put in the jail, but he honestly told everything to Huck. He thought that he had to tell truth to Huck because he might be killed. And Huck came to help Jim later.
As for this, Jim had thought of own profit and kept secret, but his sin was forgiven by telling truth to Huck. Even if you told falseness, it is important to tell truth honestly.
I talked a conclusion some time ago, but I add contents and talk it briefly. It is a right thing to tell truth, but also falseness to help someone or to think of someone is necessary. Falseness to help only own or to get only own profit is not right, but it is important to confess if you notice your mistake. If the feeling reaches partner, you are blessed someday. It is thought that "Adventure of Huckleberry Finn" conveys it.
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