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Myself And Huck Finn Comparison

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This essay that you will be reading about is the overlook of comparing and contrasting myself to Huck Finn. As many of you have read the story, “Huckleberry Finn” you should know all about how Huck is described in the story. The most common description about Huck is that he is very independent. Huck is more to himself and he doesn’t like listening to anyone but himself. Now I am going to go into a little more detail about myself and Huck. Huck lives under the household of two elderly women that are always telling him what he should and shouldn’t do. The two women, Miss Watson and her sister The Widow Douglas are basically Huck’s guardians, they’re more like his parents. They are always telling him what he should and shouldn’t do as the same

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