Question

Read the excerpt below and answer the question. It was a close place. I took...up [the letter I'd written to Miss Watson], and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: "All right then, I'll go to hell"—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming. The excerpt above represents the _____ of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Answer 1

The excerpt above represents the climax of the novel.

Step-by-step explanation:

Mark Twain's adventurous novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" tells the story of a young and freedom loving boy Huck Finn in search of adventure and freedom. This novel follows his numerous 'adventures' he encountered along the way.

The excerpt in the question is from Chapter 31, where the moral climax of the story occurs. He had been torn between telling Miss Watson about Jim's location and not telling her at all. His decision to tear the written letter made him realize that even if it meant he will go to hell, as long as Jim is safe, he is okay with that. This moral dilemma of Huck provides the climax of the story where he did things out of his own conscience rather than doing what others will have done or wanted him to do.