eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble a little over the victuals.... After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers...", (Clemens, 2). The pious sisters taught Huck the bible and how to be a proper "middle-class" person by bathing, wearing clothes, sleeping in a bed and when to eat. While Huck was being "sivilize" it's funny because when Miss. Watson was teaching him the bible he was more impressed by the description of hell. "Then she told me all about the bad place, and I said I wish I was there." (Clemens, 3). This suggests that t Clemens believe that men need women help to guide them into heaven. The depiction of these women as highly religious is typical of the author's views concerning women. It is evident that Clemens depicts these characters Widow Douglas and Miss Watson as "true women" because they were pious, moral and they took on their responsibility of being "true" women by trying to teach Huck how to be a "better" person. Also interesting, he didn't even give the sisters first names. Even after the death of Widow Douglas husband's, she is still devoid of her personal identity. Also evident in "Huck Finn", Huck only met men during his adventure down the Mississippi River and thus Clemens's depicted the desire to escape and travel a man's desire. The women were all sheltered in their home where they were safe from the harsh world.
             On the other hand, Chopin's depicted her female characters in "Story of the Hour" and "the Storm" as not "true" women. Chopin's "Story of the Hour" describes the struggle of Mrs. Mallard
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