In a sense, perhaps Tomâs mistreatment of Jim is actually a boon, for it leads the other characters in the novel to acknowledge Jim as a worthy human being. In the end, Huckleberry Finn moves beyond questions of slavery, to broader questions of morality and race.
Conflict is defined as an incompatibility of goals or values between two or more parties in a. relationship, combined with attempts to control each other and antagonistic feelings toward each. other (Fisher, 1990). The incompatibility or difference may exist in reality or may only be. perceived by the parties involved.
SYNONYMY NOTE: conflict refers to a sharp disagreement or collision as in interests or ideas and emphasizes the process rather than the end [the conflict over slavery]; fight, a rather general word for any contest, struggle, or quarrel, stresses physical or hand-to-hand combat; , struggle implies great effort or violent exertion, physical or otherwise [the struggle for existence]; contention most frequently applies to heated verbal strife, or dispute [religious contention broke out]; contest ...