InthenovelsTheAwakening,Huckleberry FinnandThe Life of Fredrick Douglass,thesearchforfreedomandauthenticityisreflectedthroughcharacterslike Huck, Edna , JimandFredrickDouglass .Allofthesecharactershavearetherebellionstotheirsocieties’demandsandtheyaredesperatetoseekfreedomfromtheburdensof theirculturaldemands .
TherearecertainsimilaritiesbetweenthepersonalitiesofHuckandEdna.Ednaisstrugglingtofindher”real place “inhersocirty . Sheisoppressedanddealing withsexism . Apartofherconsciousisawareofthisinequalityanditstingshersoulabusively .
Anindescribableoppression, which seemedtogeneratein thesamefamiliarpartofher consciousfilled herwholebeingwithavagueanguish . Itwaslikeashadow ,likeamistpassingacrosshersoul’ssummer day . Itwasstrangeandunfamiliar ;itwasamood . Page 8(para 2)
Shefeelsrepressedandaminorityinhersociety .Thesefeelingssoundslikethefeelingsofbeinguselessandunworthyandtheirintensityisrevealedasfeelingsofchillinsummertime. Inthesame manner , Huckalsofeelsrepressedfromtheideaofracismandslavery. JustlikeEdnabeingarebeltohersociety, Huckisinthesameboat .HisfeelingsarestrongagainsttheinequalitywithblackswhichisrevealedwhenheaccompaniesJiminhisjourneytofreedom.Heiswell awareofhisantagonistic behaviorbuthisstrongfeeling,justaswithEdnaarehard toignore .”All rightthen, I’llgotohell.” Thisstatementthathemakes severaltimesinthe novelis thestrongestevidenceofhismuscularfeelingstowardsfreedom . BothEdnaandHuckaremisfitsintheirsocietiesandevenathrea…