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How Does Huckleberry Finn Affect The Environment

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In many books, the environment may affect a character or may not affect a character. For example in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the environment did not affect Huck, even though the environment around him was completely different from the way he was. Another example is in The Great Gatsby; the environment did not affect Gatsby because he did what he wanted to do and did not let anyone make up his mind for him. On the other hand, in Ethan Frome, the environment affected Ethan because he was stuck in Starkfield. The environment does not affect a person or character most of the time, but in some cases, it may affect a character or person.
To begin in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the environment does not affect Huck. Huck lives in Missouri, which is a slave state. In order for Huck to travel anywhere, he …show more content…

The environment does not determine their actions. It does not determine their actions because in most places a character or person can do whatever they would desire to do. For example, in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck does whatever he wants to do. He does this by wanting to treat the slaves like a human, rather than treated them with no respect and bossing them around. Also in The Great Gatsby, Gatsby lives where people like to party and have fun, but all he does is have parties just to see if Daisy would come. At the parties, everyone is social and drinking, but Gatsby is always hiding and does not drink at his parties. In addition, there is always an exception where the environment does affect a person or character. For example in Ethan Frome, Ethan cannot do anything because of where he lives. The only thing he can do is work because he is not able to go anywhere without spending a lot of money. He is not able to go anywhere because the only main spot of transportation is the train, and that costs money he does not

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