Adventures Of Huck Finn And Pleasantville

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Adventures Of Huck Finn And Pleasantville

Have you ever heard of the great Mark Twain? Many people have and recognize his
novels by name; especially his most famous book called Huckleberry Finn. The
great thing about Huck is that it was meant to be a simple book, but ended up
deemed a classic. The reason for this is that it contains many great american
themes and motifs. Many American novels, books and movies also contain these
themes and motifs, making it very easy to compare Huckleberry Finn to
Pleasantville. Although very different “stories”, in comparison Huck and
Pleasantville have the same motifs. Both the movie and the book have the motifs
of going west, rebel vs. the establishment and Jim Crow/Shaman. This essay will
compare these common American motifs. The “go west” motif is about the
characters running away or escaping from where they previously were (this
doesn’t necessarily have to include a trip west). In Huck Finn the river is
the tool used to help Huck and Jim escape from their life. The river helps to
take Huck and Jim away from civilization and reunite them with nature. The river
also helps to free them from “slavery”, Huck being a “slave” to the
Widow Douglas and Jim actually being Miss Watson’s slave. In Pleasantville a
life in colour is how the townspeople are allowed to “go west”. When they
are in black and white they have the perfect life, meaning that nothing can ever
go wrong, therefore they can never learn from their mistakes. When David
introduces the thought of thinking for themselves to the teenagers of
Pleasantville they begin to notice that there are other places in the world,
this begins to change things from black and white to colour. Both stories
contain the motif of going west. Another motif in these two works is the Rebel
vs. the Establishment motif. In Huck the rebel would be Huck and one of the
establishments would be the “civilized” people in the book. H...

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