The Adventures Of Huckleberry

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in hopes of turning him into her husband. So Odysseus is allowed to set sail back to his homeland. Huck set out his adventure because he was attempting to escape from his drunken Pap, who was holding him captive in order to get money. Huck manages to escape on a raft, and set sail. At the end of Huck¡¯s adventure, he does in fact end up in what will be his home. The two scenario¡¯s are similar for many reasons. For example, both Huck and Odysseus are being held captive for one reason or another. Calypso wanting Odysseus for a husband is just like Pap wanting Huck for his money. To add on to this point, both of them manage to escape throught the use of a raft. The only difference there is the fact that Odysseus is setting sail through the seas, while Huck takes on his adventure through the Mississsippi River.
Next in comparison between the two stories would be the use of monsters¡± used throught out the adventures. In The Odyssey, Odysseus is forced into fights and ...

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in, so I was laying for him,¡± (page 30) and fools his father. These two situations compare in both Odysseus¡¯ and Huck¡¯s similar revelance to one another. First, it shows their ability to think quickly in a tight situation in order to escape under pressure. Odysseus escapes by thinking to ride the sheep¡¯s belly, where the Cyclops cannot reach them. Huck usese this quick thinking by telling his father a lie, that somebody was outside and needed the gun for protection in case of an attack. Next would be the heavy similarity between Huck¡¯s Pap and the Cyclops. They are both locking the two narrators into a space that they believe that the narrators cannot break free from (and in ...

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