Read the excerpt below and answer the question. …I had spoken too sudden, and said too much, and was in a close place. I asked h
er to let me think a minute…. So I went on studying it out. I says to myself, I reckon a body that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight place, is taking considerable many resks, though I ain’t had no experience, and can’t say for certain; but it looks so to me, anyways; and yet here’s a case where I’m blest if it don’t look to me like the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie…. [I]t’s so kind of strange and unregular. I never see nothing like it. Well, I says to myself at last, I’m agoing to chance it. I’ll up and tell the truth this time, though it does seem most like setting down on a kag of powder and touching it off just to see where you’ll go to. What prompts Huck to tell the truth in this part of the story? He feels it is the right thing to do. He feels it is the safest thing to do. He wants the reward he will gain from it. He wants the con artists to get into trouble.
The correct response is: option a. Huck chooses to be truthful in that moment as he believes this is the best course of action. The passage illustrates Huck's internal conflict regarding whether to lie or tell the truth, and after much contemplation, he concludes that being honest seems to be the preferable choice, prompting him to experiment with honesty since he lacks significant experience in it, unlike in situations where lying increases the chance of getting caught and facing repercussions.
"The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" was authored by American writer Mark Twain and first published on December 10, 1884.
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