Similarities Between Huck Finn And Scout

Huck Finn and Scout Finch were imaginative children that were trying to avoid the stereotypical lives of those around them. They loved to do typical activities such as play made up games and imagine themselves on adventures. Huck enjoyed to picture himself in a group of bandits who steal and kidnap the individuals that they hold for ransom. The idea of action and danger excited him. Scout was similar to Huck in this way. Scout had liked to focus her imagination on the mysterious neighbor who her brother and herself had never met before. They called him Boo Radley and would make up games about him, run around their yard acting out their thoughts, and envision themselves walking up to his frightful house and walking in. Scout lived with her father,
Lastly, they both had women in their lives that were trying to make them into more civilized or ladylike people. For Huck, he had the widow and Miss. Watson trying to make him wear nice clothes, learn how to use manners, and get an education. An example of this occurred in the beginning of the book when Huck was talking about them and how they reacted after he returned from running away. He said, “She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up. Well, then, the old thing commenced again. The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn't go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals” (Twain, 9). Scout had her Aunt who tried to make her more ladylike, wear dresses, attend events that the neighborhood women attend such as the missionary circle gathering her Aunt lead at their house. During the event she was put into a dress, sat with the women while they had their tea, served desserts, and had small conversations with several of the women. Similar to Huck, Scout did not enjoy her experience and said, “But I was more at home in my father’s