... Mark Twain is often regarded as the original "great American novel", but the obvious differences between the two books create conflicting ideas of what life is all about in America. Through comparison and contrast of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with The Great Gatsby we see that each book represents "different Americas": the lower and upper classes, rural and urban life, the discriminated and the privileged ... , the frontier west and the civilized east, the prejudices of south and north, traditional conservatism and radical emotionalism. Each book gives opinions on each ... ...

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