Heart vs. Head

In Mr. Barry’s class today, we discussed the difference of the heart versus the head.
We came to the conclusion that our brain gave us the more logical solution. Our brains came up with a reason, a pragmatic and sensible solution. On the other hand, our heart tells us our gut feeling, a more emotional feeling that just feels rights.

In Huckleberry Finn, Huck learns that following your heart rather than following the norm of society can be the better choice. Huck has to make a decision, whether he should turn Jim into the slave-hunters and follow what society would have done or whether he should lie and follow his heart in order to save Jim. When Huck arrives at this predicament, he makes the decision to follow his heart and lie to free an escaped slave. His youthful innocence and gut feeling allowed him to make this decision. Although Huck knows that what he is doing is illegal and goes against what he has been raised to do, it only feels right.

All of us have been in similar situations to Huck, and have had to choose whether to follow our hearts or our heads. Give a time in which you were put into a similar situation and tell how you dealt with it. Whether you followed your head and went with the rules or followed your heart and went with your feelings.

Brian K.