The Romance of Huck and Editha
When analyzing the novels Editha by W.D. Howells and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, one must be able to compare and contrast while not giving prejudice over specific content. Overall, Editha exposed a quality of negativity by glorifying war and manipulating her beloved into an act that he was wholeheartedly against. Huckleberry Finn, however, was fun-filled and on the borderline of childhood innocence in the romanticism portrayed toward the mighty Mississippi and the local populace of the time. Both are well-written and emotionally stirring novels, but in my humble opinion, the positive narrative of Huck Finn was the more palatable reading of the two. Huckleberry Finn gives rise to romance through the soliloquy of Huck's boyish narration and his colorful descriptions of life in the pre-Civil War south through the eyes of a child. All was not perfect, but there was usually a quick remedy for that which wasn't. The author paints a picture of carefree lifestyle where the most challenging aspect of each day was how to escape the monotonous tasks placed before Huck by the dreaded Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson. With nothing better to do with her time than create misery for Huck through the betterment o
The protagonists of Huck Finn had nothing in mind except the proper education and upbringing of young Huck so that he might have a better chance at success in the society of the time. In comparison, Editha was after success, also. In contrast, it was the success of self and not others. These same themes permeate throughout the text of each story. In Editha, the choice came not from what was morally right but instead from what was dutiful. By pushing duty at George, Editha all but forced George to go off into a war and sacrifice his life. Again at the end, we see Editha performing her duty out of a sense of compulsion rather than desire when she marched off to George's mother's house to obey his wish that she "might go to her, and see what you could do for her." As she carried out this request, George had his vengeance though the words and actions of his mother. As seen in the final paragraph, though, his justice faded quickly and Editha fell back into a life of ideals and left reality behind once again. After Huck's 'escape', he goes on to give his all in potentially life-threatening situations to make gains not for himself but instead for someone that most would hardly recognize for human, that being Jim, the runaway slave. He ba
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