What are some ways Huck Finn has self doubt in the book?

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In what ways does he not believe in himself? Chapters/pg numbers would be great...if you can. If not...its fine.
 
did you know that Huckleberry Finn is on the banned book list?

Now let's see. Huck is basically an orphan even though he has the widow douglas for family.

even when his pap was alive he wasn't much of a father.

so Huck really has almost a father son relationship with the runaway slave Jim. and it isn't so much doubt of himself, but doubt about the truth of things he has been told all his life. Like that white folks are somehow on a different level than the blacks. he recognizes the fineness in Jim and the rightness of him gaining his freedom.
 
It sounds strange to us today, but the biggest self-doubt Huck has is whether is it right to help Jim escape. In his society Jim is a piece of property. It's a crime to steal some ones property. Of course he is able to overcome this self doubt and do what we think of as the right thing (and we are right to think helping Jim escape is the right thing).
 
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