Daisy Miller, Huck Finn, TS Eliost's Wasteland
In "The Waste Land" Eliot suggests that a man can be reborn if he gives, sympathizes, and has self-control. There are many characters within American Literature that could have benefited from this advice. Characters such as Amanda Wingfield , the personas in "Home Burial," and Daisy Miller exemplify people, that if this advice was readily accessible, could have understood circumstances and could have been figuratively been reborn. In the previously noted characters lives, they let either society or their own regression take over instead of their own self-assurance and capabilities to empathize with others. By taking the advice with a grain of salt they would have been more prepared for the situations that made their lives tumultuous. However there are characters in literature that are the personification of this advice. The character Huck Finn is the personification that by giving, sympathizing, and demonstrating self-control one may be reborn. By his abilities to do all of the previously mentioned actions he went through an initiation story of him growing into a kind and capable man. Amanda Wingfield, the personas within "Home Burial," and Daisy Miller are the antithesis of the above advice, while Huck Finn is its exemplifica
In the cases of Daisy Miller and Huck Finn, society dictated what they should do and think. The couple is unable to sympathize with one another's needs and when in confrontation they lacked self-control. In the process of her dreaming and scheming, she totally ignores the wants and needs of her children, never really understanding or giving sympathy to either of them. She is childlike, attractive and ultimately fatal to herself. Huck Finn is one of the most popular fictional characters in American literature. Also, if Amanda had given more support and leniency to her son to pursue his dreams, instead of pushing him into things he was uninterested in, he may have stayed instead of leaving she and his sister to fend for themselves. Instinctively, Huck realizes that Jim is wiser and worth more than many of the white people on shore. Whether this is applying to characters within stories or to people in the real world, following the advice could lead to a better lifestyle with a more empathetic and kind outlook. They perceive Daisy's naivete as a type of anarchy to which they are unable to give support. If both had been more attentive to the other's needs and tried to give understanding to the other's pain, the fight they had may not have occurred. Huck is an example of a character that has learned that giving, sympathizing, and having self-control will get desired results and make him more well rounded. However hypocritic, the characters dealt with social pressure in their own way; thus, society's iron hand turned into Daisy's downfall, and Huck's stepping stone. When he returns to the raft, he feels the peace of nature and the nobility of the black slave that shares his journey. When Daisy is buried in a crooked corner in the wall of Imperial Rome, she is essentially put in her place.
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