There has never been a book so full of emotion and value as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, as the story takes you through a journey through the whims of a sanguine, eyed young boy savages, and his friend on the hunt for freedom. Among other literary marvels, Huckleberry Finn stands out by addressing the key topics of its time and challenging them; in this case, racism. Likewise, there is another book, albeit older, that appears to serve the same purpose. Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, like Huckleberry Finn, rode along the lines of some sensitive topics for the time. However, Great Expectations focused more on challenging the structure of society as a whole. While not the biggest conflict, Mark Twain still used his character Huck Finn to pair that sense of challenge with the construction and "rules" of civilization. Huck Finn and Pip Pirrip seem to come from opposite sides of the same coin, as one desires to thrive at the top of society and the other strives to break away from it altogether, but the authors use them both as reference points for their own societal arguments. In Great Expectations, Pip was born and raised from a very low point in society, and has never really known life any other way, while Huck Finn has been running from place to place for much of his life. After the death of his parents, Pip goes to live with his older sister and her husband, a blacksmith. Compared to the lives of the other characters in the book, Pip has relatively humble origins, almost at the lowest level of social networking in his time. Due to later events, Pip is exposed to life outside the blacksmith's shop and desperately wants to be a part of it. Huck proves luckier than Pip at the beginning, and is ta... middle of the card... focus is using irony or exaggeration to point out the silliness of a certain idea or theme. Through the novels of Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn, authors Charles Dickens and Mark Twain bring to light the hypocritical and costly dealings of society and what passes for "civilized" in our world. While society and the rules that govern it may be what maintains the balance between peace and chaos in our world, it is important for everyone to remain their own person and not lose their identity in the mix of it all. Pip Pirrip and Huck Finn explain why it's so important to stay true to what you believe is right, even if it may seem like the whole world is against that idea. Works Cited Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1986. Dickens, Charles. Great expectations. New York: Bantam Books, 1986.