Essay #5...

Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, was a great book to read but I have to say a very hard one to understand. Difficult in many aspects and points of view, in its huge controversy topics that it includes, you find a great variety of things to expect, in which you find entertainment discussing it. The book has several critical controversies, over the ending, race, gender and sexuality. My writing will focus on " gender and sexuality". The book has an enormous expectation from the reader to analyze the relationship between Huck and Jim. Leslie Fiedler, demands this focus in gender and sexuality by writing her essay "Como Back to the Raft Ag'in, Huck Honey!"
The existence of being together Jim and Huck is not well accepted by Leslie and therefore argues that the case of Negro and the homosexual should be something much spread in its dimension of study and have these problems come to one solution at the same time.
The situation of the Negro and the homosexual in our society pose precisely opposite problems, or at least problems suggestion precisely opposite solutions: Our laws on homosexuality and the context of prejudice and feeling they objectify must apparently be changed to accord with stubborn social fact, whereas it is the social fact, our overt behavior toward the Negro, that must be modified to accord with our laws and the, at least official, morality they objectify. (520)
The way Fiedler states that these problems having them as opposite problems in the society are definitely not something that she agrees with. In my personal view I don't agree with this quote because these two problems are not the same ands then should not be treated as the one. The reason for me to think like this is simple to explain. I believe that the Negro is something more related to the respect and history problem. We can see that this is something that can be talked about and at the same time can be harmful to others. In the other hand the sexuality aspect is is not the same as the color of skin issue. This has to do gender and personal interests there are no history background in this and the way the society judges it has an impact in the person's life. This two problems cannot be seen as one because the roots are different they don't grow from one same thing. The consequences are also very distinct from each other.
If we apply it ti the book, I can clearly see that Jim was so close to Huck not because he was Negro but because of the time they had to be together and journey they both get in at the same time. The expression of care and friendship was strong between them because they only had each other. Let's not misunderstand this concept and want to see it different point.

Blog 10: " Essay 5"

In my essay #5 I'm going to employ the "They Say/I say" template and engage a conversation with one of the critical essay's from the book. I have in mind to manage a "geneder and sexuality", from Leslie Fiedler. I will be taking the author statements, perspectives and arguments. Then I will share my insights and points of view regarding her discussion topic.
The Possible quotes that migth be in my essay are the following....

Leslie writes:
The situation of the Negro and the homosexual in our society pose precisely opposite problems, or at least problems suggesting precisely opposite solutions: Our laws on homosexuality and the context of prejudice and feeling they objectify must apparently be changed to accord with a stubborn social fact, whereas it is the social fact, overt behavior toward the Negro, that must be modified to accord with our laws and the, at least official, morality they objectify.

My response for this quote is, I say that I agree with the writter I also think that the Negro and the homosexuality is been seeing from two different aspects in our society in which I believe is something that should be manage as one problem and not two in opposite directions. The sense of fact of the homosexuality is very contradicted byy the masculine aspect seen from the society. The prejudice is observe from a different angle as a relationship between two human beings pointing out the skin color.

Another quote that is probably going to form of my final essay is the following, wrote in Leslie Controversy over gender and sexuality:
At the focus of emotion, where we are accustomed to find in the world's great novels some heterosexual passion, be it Platonic love or adultery, seduction, rape, or long-drawn-out flirtation, we come instead upon the fugitive slave and the no-account boy lying side by side on the raft borne by the endless river towards an impossible escape, or the pariah sailor waking in the tattoted arms of the brown harpooner on the verge of their impossible quest.

"The tenderness of Huck's repeated loss and refinding of jim..." This lines say the reason for this characters feel like this towards each other and why they had to go through this journey even though it might be misunderstood but possible to occur because of the situation. It is more in our mind that we want certain things to be a certain way.

I have just wrote a little about how might my essay possibly will look and even though it is just part of it it will have more to it. I am aware I am missing my Thesis statement and there is no correlation so far but I will work more on this during my weekend.
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