Similarities Between Huckleberry Finn And The Giver

Huckleberry from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jonas from The Giver are easily comparable and also have their differences. Their similar ages yet mature minds make them comparable. Additionally, they both face internal conflict because of their societies. Also, both Jonas and Huck are clever and playful. On the other hand, Huck makes his decisions revolving around himself, whereas Jonas’s revolve around a whole society. Huck and Jonas are very similar, but differ as well. Both Jonas and Huck are similar in age but are also levelheaded. In both novels, it is easy to forget that they are as young as they are. Jonas, age eleven, and Huck, age thirteen, both face more stress than most do their whole life. Though they are from different generations, Huck being from the past and Jonas being from the future, the two are extremely mature for their ages. Jonas is depicted as an older teen in The Giver movie, which is actually quite fitting. Both books are written from the perspective of the boys and reading their thoughts makes me picture them older than their actual ages. After reading about the decisions they must face and their struggles with society, their physical age seems like a joke. …show more content…
The two teens experience conflicts resolved by them ultimately defying their communities. In Jonas’s case, he struggles over making a decision he knows is right for the society, even though it doesn’t follow the rules that society taught him. Similarly, Huck struggles over his newfound friendship that is against his society's rules, but ultimately knows that society is wrong. In both scenarios, the characters are put through internal conflicts due to the rules placed by their societies. Though in Jonas’s society, the rules are the laws and in Huck’s they are more social norms, both are