Huckleberry Finn and Jim move to sabotage a boat belonging to some looters who were plundering a steam boat. At the last minute, Huck finds sympathy for the robbers.
"Then Jim manned the oars, and we took out after our raft. Now was the first time that I begun to worry about the men - I reckon I hadn't had time to before. I begun to think how dreadful it was, even for the murderers, to be in such a fix (Twain 75)."It seems often that characters do things that they later regret and seek to re-do. This is an intrinsically human characteristic that Twain gives to Huckleberry Finn. I have often felt second thoughts about many of my own actions.
I have also made decisions that I ended up having second thoughts about. The night before a track meet, I decided to go play basketball at the Y because I was bored. My parents were not home to convince me not to, and I ended up calling my friend and going. After an hour of playing basketball, I started to question myself on why I decided to play. In the end, I ended up deeply regretting that decision, as I lost my track race the day after.
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