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Similarities Between Huckleberry Finn And The Red Badge Of Courage

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Comparing and contrasting Mark Twains’ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Red Badge of Courage were both written in the era of the Naturalist movement, when we saw a huge coming of age for characters. These books are no different.
In life, everyone is faced with growing up. Who you are going to become. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Red Badge of Courage we meet two characters that have the same question to answer. A choice that will have to be made.
In the stories both characters each “decide to run”, Huck runs from being civilized and his abusive father. Henry on the other hand “runs from his first major battle”. Huck’s decision actually takes him on some grand adventures and helps him to grow as a person, whereas Henry’s choice leaves him feeling upset and scared constantly. …show more content…

For Huck, it is an escaped slave named Jim. For Henry, it is his fellow soldiers. Huck actually helps Jim, but Henry on the other hand does not. In the end, we see Henry dying alone, because of his choices. Huck on the other hand has grown for the better and we can see him evolve as his character grows in the story. Huck’s growth makes him see the world in a completely different way, he sees it as “barbaric.” Henry on the other hand starts off by thinking that he would be a hero, and he too see’s the cruelty of the world, but it is Henry who is also at time very cruel. We see Henry feeling guilty about his choices, wherein we see his character grow and evolve, and Henry too learns what truly becoming a man involves. He also learns very important lessons about life. He just merely must pay

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