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He finds it to be a bother. Naturally, he likes the runaway slave Jim and wants to help him. But his conscience, formed by the slave-owning community in which he grew up, tells him to turn Jim in. Huck knows he feel bad either way, so he decides he's not going to bother about it, but just do what comes handy. Read chapter 16 and 31 for Huck talking about his conscience.

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