Throughout the history off America, there have been moments such as Emancipation Proclamation and the Million Man March that have bound our great country together. Both of these events are historic milestones in the struggle for freedom and status for Black Americans. Two authors, Harper Lee and Mark Twain, create very similar stories in very different eras. Atticus Finch from Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a proud parent and a prominent member of Southern society; he is a legislator and a successful attorney. Atticus plays an active role in the reformation of race relations and civil rights in Alabama and he and his family come under much fire for doing so. Twain creates a boy who experiences the south thru a very unique perspective and tells about his experiences with slavery and his Negroid friend Jim. Huck is enlightened through his emotional friendship with Jim and comes to the realization that society has a very wrong stance against Blacks. Both Atticus and Huck attain the knowledge that their views are contrary to that of popular society's.

Both Lee's Atticus and Twain's Huckleberry Finn are individuals of great courage and

Huckleberry Finn and Atticus Finch along with their respective writers think different most other people. Both characters represent the true conflict between the individual and the society and the conflict that may arise within a weaker character, such as Huck. Even though both have the knowledge that society is wrong towards Blacks, Atticus' behavior reflects this while Huck's does only at some times. With others who remind him of his past, Tom Sawyer, Huck's enlightenment is all but lost, as seen on Uncle Silas' farm. Both are strong individuals who must overcome the burdens of society to achieve their full potentials. Though there are many differences between the two, their roles in their respective societies make them very similar. Perhaps the most common thing between both of them is that their understanding was not lost, but only made more popular into a tolerant non-racist society based on understanding and brotherhood called America.

Only through his journey and his subsequent emotional bond with Jim does Huck realize that his traveling companion is a real person. When Jim tells Huck " You my bes' friend", it makes Huck think of Jim as a person, not property. When the two supposedly reach the town of Cairo, Jim goes ecstatic. He displays a very human side that makes Huck rethink his ethics. Atticus on the other hand is a person who passively influences others around him. His determination in what he does is so strong that it sucks in others close to him, such as Miss Maude. Only through the trials and his journey with Tom Robinson does Atticus truly see evil in society. Atticus sees that

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