Similarities Between Huckleberry Finn And The Giver

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Who would’ve thought that a story from hundreds of years in the past and a story from hundreds of years in the future would have two characters with so many similarities. Huckleberry Finn from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jonas from The Giver are more similar than you think. They also have several differences. The first thing to be compared are the stories themselves. The adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes place in the 1840s while The Giver takes place sometime in the future. Both stories are told from first person point of view. Huckleberry Finn is about a normal boy in a regular society who travels down the Mississippi river. The Giver is about a special boy in an odd futuristic society who has a special gift. In both stories

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