tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911854789833802604.post3543732552819565302..comments2023-03-26T02:27:10.319-07:00Comments on Surly Urbanism: A Flawed BoySurly Urbanisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01801153194586886826noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4911854789833802604.post-15417595249738523632007-03-26T12:54:00.000-07:002007-03-26T12:54:00.000-07:00How fitting that the main character in The Great A...How fitting that the main character in The Great American novel would be none other than America itself. I like what you’ve already laid out in your post examining Huck as an adolescent boy. Like you stated, America has emerged from its infancy and just like Huck, during Twain’s time, America was dealing with the growing pains of puberty. <BR/>That same parallel continues when Huck’s role as an outsider to the rest of society. Huck’s seculsion during his own maturation nicely parallels America’s behavior during it own growing pains: the Civil War. Huck never completely fits in with the rest of society. He can fake it really well but he is ultimately an outsider. During the American Civil War, the country took a similarly isolationist standpoint. Though the Confederacy asked for foreign aid they never received any and the Union stood strong by itself. America was alone during this dificult time in its growth just like Huck has been alone his whole life.JDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03197024465092423354noreply@blogger.com