Examples Of Obstacles In Huckleberry Finn

The greatest men have overcome some of the most prominent situations in history but they have also been defeated by some. They could not be named the greatest without the trials they faced. Nelson Mandela overcame apartheid, Alexander the Great conquered the most belligerent fighters in war, and Martin Cooper made a wireless phone. Obstacles make a person stronger and provide them with the wisdom they need to triumph. In ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’, Huck Finn is a motherless child and is trying to escape his drunk and abusive father, Hester Prynne in ‘The Scarlet Letter’ commits a sin so seemingly horrifying that she can now only live a life of public shame and loneliness, and Anthem’s Equality 7-2521 has a burning curiosity to know more than what is given to him which almost gets him killed. Throughout these three novels, the characters are bound by some immensely unique circumstances. All of which they overcome. To begin, in ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’, Huck is staying with two wealthy, religious crazed sisters who have adopted him because of his desperate need for a guardian. Huck’s restrictions begin when his father returns back home and …show more content…
Huckleberry Finn, Hester Prynne, and Equality 7-2521 are all different from everyone else in their society and are reprimanded for being unique and or having a unique circumstance. They all go through a time where everyone else is trying to tell them how to live their lives. Huck Finn in ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ is restricted by his abusive father and his overly religious adoptive mothers but overcomes that by going off and raising himself, The Scarlet Letter’s Hester Prynne lives in isolation because of a horrible sin she commits, and Equality 7-2521 of ‘Anthem’ is smarter than everyone else in their community which becomes the biggest obstacle of his life. They go through some extremely difficult circumstances. All of which they