In today's society, ordinary people find it difficult to tell the truth. As you become a young adult, many children are told that a "white lie" is very different from lying. Although everyone knows that this is ultimately not true, it has become such a normal act that people tend to accept it. Many people try to justify this immoral action by claiming that they are using their lies for good rather than evil. But it's often difficult to know when a lie becomes an irreversible and cruel act, as opposed to an alternative explanation. Huck Finn, the main character and narrator of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," also frequently encounters this dilemma throughout the story. Growing up in the South amid slavery, Huck feels "obligated" to be dishonest about his identity on several occasions in order to allow Huck to succeed in his quest to free Jim from Aunt Sally's farm. While Huck was trying to free Jim, he ended up with Tom Sawyer's Aunt Sally and posed as Tom Sawyer. At one point, Huck is unsure how Tom would answer a question asked by his Aunt Sally. Huck says, “So I say to myself, here's another place where I have to ask the truth. I opened my mouth to begin; but [AuntSally] grabbed me and pushed me behind the bed” (222). At this very moment, Huck intended to confess his true identity in hopes of escaping a sticky situation, but this does not serve Twain's true agenda. Twain proves time and time again throughout the novel that sometimes lying is necessary to perform honorable acts such as freeing Jim from slavery. By asking Aunt Sally to stop Huck from revealing the truth about his identity, Twain ensures that Huck can continue his lie and stay under the radar. Huck's lie remains a secret until Jim escapes from prison, and by then the lie has already run its course.