The Awakening

In the novels The Awakening,Huckleberry Finn and The Life of Fredrick Douglass,the search for freedom and authenticity is reflected through characters like Huck, Edna , Jim and Fredrick Douglass .All of these characters have are the rebellions to their societies' demands and they are desperate to seek freedom from the burdens of their cultural demands . There are certain similarities between the personalities of Huck and Edna .Edna is struggling to find her "real place " …

…is also in search for freedom . His childhoood and that of Edna's has characteristic that they both questioned their identities right from the childhood . In the beginnning of the Fredrick Douglass's novels, he imposes a question on the matter of him being deprived of same privilages . In Edna's case, she does not question her place but is confused with her identity . Therefore their " revolutionizing nature" is understandable to them through remembering their own childhood experiences .