Miss Watson Compare And Contrast Essay

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I compared and contrast my Mother and Miss Watson because they are both mother figure.
Now I have compared Miss Watson and my Mother and they both have rules and they both want us to go to church. They both really want the best for their child and have them grow up smart.
They both really try to do their best and to their knowledge to teach me or Huck how to be a responsible and an intelligent young man that could be able to take care of himself when the proper age comes to time but right now I don’t think is that time. Otherwise they both try their best to teach us and help us get through life and be successful and also achieve our goals.

Even though they sound the same they are very different in many ways. For an example Miss Watson is stricter then my Mother is like my Mother is very nice and understanding. Now Miss Watson on the other hand is not very understanding and in ways her way is the right way to be successful in life. She also doesn’t allow
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An example would be that my mother and nice mom and dad that was understanding. Now Miss Watson makes it seem like she didn’t have understanding parents. Also whatever my mother went through as a child, young adult, and adult. It also seems that Miss Watsons went through different experiences in those three stages of life. That came from here. Miss Watson never got the chance to have her own kid instead she has slave that my mother never had and I’m she never wanted one anyway. Also my Mother had never had a sister she had six brothers instead and Miss Watson had a sister known as the Widow Douglas. Now my mother doesn’t have a sister she had to grow up with six brothers and Miss Watson grew up with her one sister the Widow Douglas who is just as bad as her with some of the same rules and regulations that makes them not enjoyable for Huck to live with. Miss

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