James McPherson in the accurate historical account, “What They Fought For” provides quotations from Civil War letters about why the North went to war and endured the South. McPherson’s describes the passionate and sincere desires of Union soldiers in order to preserve the “Temple” of democracy. Mark Twain in the 1st person novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” explains that Huck wants freedom from the Widow Douglas that tries to change him. Twain’s humorously writing shows the hypocrisy Christian South during this time so that the reader can understand how slavery could continue. Walt Whitman in the poem, “Song of Myself” illustrates diversity within the human race and how he sees that everyone is equal. Whitman persuades his audience
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Which brings up the question, could he saying that we are all equal? Whitman calls grass a “uniform hieroglyphic”(Twain) because each blade is different looking but has seen enough to last a lifetime. Whitman calls the grass a handkerchief from god, a flag, a child of vegetation itself, he says it will live there when you are born and be there by your grave. Whitman also says that there is no real death, just a new life somewhere else. “I resist anything better than my own diversity” says Whitman, does this mean that he loves life, he resists it saying that it isn’t …show more content…
The Widow Douglas is trying to make him conform to society and go to school, dress properly, eat properly, be polite, and not have black friends(Twain). His best friend Tom Sawyer is black and Huck does not see why it is wrong to have a black friend. He thinks that it is perfectly fine to have a friend of that color, Huck does not see color, he sees personality which is not really accepted during that time. Huck says “I don’t put no stock in dead people”(Twain) which means that if they are dead then he doesn't really care about them. They have no meaning to him if they are
Which brings up the question, could he saying that we are all equal? Whitman calls grass a “uniform hieroglyphic”(Twain) because each blade is different looking but has seen enough to last a lifetime. Whitman calls the grass a handkerchief from god, a flag, a child of vegetation itself, he says it will live there when you are born and be there by your grave. Whitman also says that there is no real death, just a new life somewhere else. “I resist anything better than my own diversity” says Whitman, does this mean that he loves life, he resists it saying that it isn’t …show more content…
The Widow Douglas is trying to make him conform to society and go to school, dress properly, eat properly, be polite, and not have black friends(Twain). His best friend Tom Sawyer is black and Huck does not see why it is wrong to have a black friend. He thinks that it is perfectly fine to have a friend of that color, Huck does not see color, he sees personality which is not really accepted during that time. Huck says “I don’t put no stock in dead people”(Twain) which means that if they are dead then he doesn't really care about them. They have no meaning to him if they are