Huckleberry Finn Similarities

Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known as Mark Twain, wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1885. Mark Twain made a huge impact on American Literature, especially given the language he uses in his stories. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn “began its long, complicated history as America’s most controversial novel shortly after publication in 1885” (Pinsker 643).

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger and Huckleberry Finn by Samuel Clemens use the same characteristics, using symbolism and a series of events the characters deal with the sentimental issues and anxiety of growing up and with the hypocrisy they see in the society. In this paper I’m going to analyze both novel’s main characters to show how they come to the same conclusions in different matters of live even though their motives are different.

The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain and published on December 10, 1884. This picaresque novel takes place in the mid-1800s in St. Petersburg, Missouri and various locations along the Mississippi River through Arkansas as the story continues. The main character is young delinquent boy named Huckleberry Finn. He doesn’t have a mother and his father is a drunk who is very rarely involved with Huck’s life. Huck is currently living with Widow Douglas and Miss Watson who attempt to make the boy a more civilized and representable citizen. Later Huck runs away and meets this runaway slave named Jim and they become good friends. As Jim and Huck travel down river in their raft they experience many conflicts.

To conclude, it is very easy to criticize society. Humanity keeps failing to realize the mistakes they are making and Twain and Shakespeare help the readers see the mistake being made by humans over and over again. Through the criticism of the authors in Huckleberry Finn and Romeo and Juliet, one learns that the authors criticize what humanity has created by incorporating conflicts such as forbidden love, family feud, symbolism and irony. Humanity creates society and if humanity keeps doing wrong, the society will become worse. Why can authors criticize society very easily? Humans are becoming selfish and our society is being corrupted. This is the time to stop following what society does. Don’t follow the wrong things people do just because

Throughout the incident on pages 66-69 in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck fights with two distinct voices. One is siding with society, saying Huck should turn Jim in, and the other is seeing the wrong in turning his friend in, not viewing Jim as a slave. Twain wants the reader to see the moral dilemmas Huck is going through, and what slavery ideology can do to an innocent like Huck.

From the 1830’s to the 1860’s, a movement to abolish slavery swept the nation. Mark Twain and Frederick Douglass were both strong educated men against the mistreatment of the African race. However, their means of protesting it hold stark contrast. While both authors certainly had enough passion built up to be able to conduct a powerful argument in the form of literature, their prior knowledge differentiated between how they ended up making their arguments. Upon comparison of Huck Finn and the Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass, the characters in Frederick make a more convincing argument against racism because of the different forms

Some people take their freedom for granted, while others lie Jim and Fred struggled as a slave and yearned for their freedom. In the novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain and Narrative of a Slave, by Frederick Douglass, slavery is depicted by both authors in their novels. In Douglass’ autobiography, Narrative of a Slave, it shows the experiences that he endured while in slavery. In Twain’s novel Jim, a runaway slave, and Huckleberry Finn go on an adventure to achieve freedom. Frederick Douglass and Mark Twain portrayed slavery both similarly and different in their novels through Jim and Frederick himself.

Compare and contrast the representation of the figure of the slave, and of the theme of freedom, in Douglass’s “Narrative” and Twain’s “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”.

Is it possible for two people who have never interacted with each other throughout their lives to share the same fate? In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck is a young boy who decides to run away from his abusive father, accompanied by an escaped slave who believes that he will be sold and separated from his family. Huck has no choice but to take on an adventurous journey, which allows his relationship with the slave, Jim, to blossom while testing their mental and physical skills. In correlation, in Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Linda Brent is a respected slave who is “passed down” to an abusive owner and faces harsh treatment. This leaves her no choice but to run away from the pain she endures. Her only wish is to be free

Huck and Jim’s journey are similar because they both want to be free. Huck wants to be free of the people trying to make him seem civilized, Huck just wants to live his life how he wants. Jim wants freedom as a black man, and that was hard to get back then, but he got it. Both Huck and Jim are running away looking for freedom. Jim is trying to run away and escape slavery while Huck is running away trying to escape social norms and a civilized upbringing.

In J.D Salinger’s novel, The Catcher in the Rye and Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it can be inferred that the main characters of Holden Caulfield and Huckleberry Finn are shells of what an adult should be like while preserving their innocence which is a topic both authors struggled with. Twain and Salinger told their novels through a teenage boys which made their books controversial since the author’s were adult talking about adult issues which you wouldn’t expect a teenager to express during the time periods in which they were written in. For example, the theme of depression is displayed in Salinger’s novel which during his time period, was considered an “adult disease” but not only did Salinger write about depression, he wrote

Huck Finn and Jim are characters created by Mark Twain in the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” The environment in which Huck lives in is very challenging, and as a result of this, he has to lie, cheat, steal, and defraud his way down the Mississippi river. Unlike Huck, Jim is a slave who gets depicted as a simple and trusting character. Despite Jim’s place as a slave, he walked together with Huck. Jim’s actions in the novel make him an authority figure. Jim’s trust and faith in his friend Huck also gets expounded throughout the novel. Just like “the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a novel by Harper Lee with Scout and Jem as the main characters. Like Huck, Scout is the narrator of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” The strength as well as the characters Scout portrays at school makes other students regard her as a masculine being. Despite this, she could easily walk in someone else’s shoes. In the novel, Jem portrays a character that successfully represents the idea of bravery. In tandem with this, he protects and helps Scout understand the impacts of the events around her. My aim is to delineate both the similarities and the differences between Huck and Jim, the characters in Mark Twain's

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger are arguably two of the most popular American novels. Both novels have withstood the test of time through their timeless themes and relatable characters. Their protagonists, Huckleberry Finn and Holden Caulfield, are memorable and unique with their own distinctive personality traits. Due to each characters originality, it is interesting to note the similarities and differences between them.

The archetypal fictional works of protagonists running away and coming of age appear in literature throughout all of history. One of these stories is The Adventures of Huckleberry written in the 1880s and set in the 1840s. Another one of these stories is The Catcher in the Rye written and set in the 1950s. Both of these stories, like all running away and coming of age stories, share recurrent themes and analogous plots. Despite being written about a century apart, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, and The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger, share the common characteristics of having protagonists that run away to find themselves while ignoring societal norms showing these characteristics are customary of coming of age stories.

The following paper will briefly show arguments, and conclusions within the writings of Mark Twain’s story Huckleberry Finn. I will discuss the various themes that Mark Twain is bringing to light within his story. This paper will show how Mark Twain uses those themes within the story, and how they are specifically used. I will also briefly discuss the life of Samuel Clemons, the author known as Mark Twain, and give the reasoning behind choosing the name of Mark Twain when writing his novels. Themes of escapism will be discussed.