Similarities Between The Great Gatsby And Huckleberry Finn
In the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald , and The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain the vision of the American dream by the two authors are portrayed in each of the books through the characters. F. Scott Fitzgerald believes that the American Dream is an unachievable positive dream of wealth, and Mark Twain believes that the American Dream is about being free from the prejudices of society.
In both novels the author starts off with characters who start from nothing and take different paths. In the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses the antagonist Huck and Jim to portray the American Dream. In the novel, Huck is abjured from his freedoms and is forced to conform to the “civilized” southern society in which he counteracts. As Huck grows up independently, it’s easier for him to attain the many freedoms that others don’t have, but as he goes from the “sivilized” to uncivilized society he is befuddled about what freedom actually means to him. Huck objects the “sivilized” society under the care of the widow Ms.Watson, where “[he] had to wash, eat on a plate, and stop cursing and …show more content…
In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald characterizes the East and West egg in which the East egg has old money and the West egg has new money. Fitzgerald classifies the people of the East egg as careless with their money. Nick states, “ They were careless people, Tom and Daisy, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made”(179). This quote connotes the classism in which the rich are incapable of being responsible for their actions. Fitzgerald characterize the people of East egg as careless not only to show the classism portrayed, but also show how wealthy people have little moral
In both novels the author starts off with characters who start from nothing and take different paths. In the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses the antagonist Huck and Jim to portray the American Dream. In the novel, Huck is abjured from his freedoms and is forced to conform to the “civilized” southern society in which he counteracts. As Huck grows up independently, it’s easier for him to attain the many freedoms that others don’t have, but as he goes from the “sivilized” to uncivilized society he is befuddled about what freedom actually means to him. Huck objects the “sivilized” society under the care of the widow Ms.Watson, where “[he] had to wash, eat on a plate, and stop cursing and …show more content…
In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald characterizes the East and West egg in which the East egg has old money and the West egg has new money. Fitzgerald classifies the people of the East egg as careless with their money. Nick states, “ They were careless people, Tom and Daisy, they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money of their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made”(179). This quote connotes the classism in which the rich are incapable of being responsible for their actions. Fitzgerald characterize the people of East egg as careless not only to show the classism portrayed, but also show how wealthy people have little moral