A Protagonist’s Growth Toward Self-Awareness

Self-Awareness Achieved Through The Struggles In and Out of Society

The main characters revolving around each of these pieces of literature The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain , Emma by Jane Austen and My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok , have been positioned in different facets of society . Each of the protagonists have been endowed with qualities , traits and pros that can strike attention for a reader , for an easier follow-through on each character 's progression or development as a character , at the same time the novel nears it climax

and end . Huck , Emma and Asher have detached themselves from their old principles and life perspectives , as described by a number of literary techniques , and have entered into a new phase of self-realization consciousness , awareness - the becoming of a new person

Huckleberry Finn , among the three protagonists , is considered to have been immersed in the most unlucky circumstances . Coming from the bottom sector of the society , Huck , as a child had formed a grave loathing for the society . He should undergo an enduring series of obstacles before he becomes the final and developed character in the story . Along the progression of the novel , Huck has turned this loathing into a substantial amount of doubt and distrust , but , we continually see Huck repeatedly rejected and violated by society . It was as if society turned him down when he desperately needed it . Consequently , Huck conjures up his independence from this society . Coming from this point , we can extrapolate Huck 's development as a character . There would only be two ways in Huck 's face , either he becomes a part of the society he despises or Emma Woodhouse , the female protagonist of Jane Austen , is a brilliant woman with all the money and approval of everyone around her . But , as the story progresses , we may realize that Emma could have had much of what she should actually have . Taken from the novel , Emma might have been to controlling of circumstances - things going her own way , and must have viewed a little too good of herself . This takes us to Austen 's clues on Emma 's flaws that shall play a great deal on the future blossoming of events and conflict , as well as , Emma 's development as a character . This is important as one reads through the progression of the novel and Emma

Asher Lev is the most distinct character of the three having rooted from a very restricted Jewish group . In his early years , Asher has developed an inclination towards the arts and eventually developed a talent for it . Restricted his community is - religious , for that matter , Asher is obliged to submit himself to the strict rituals of being a Hasidic Jew An internal conflict within Asher begins to boil as he must choose between art and religion . Questions , such as , obligation and passion emotion and priority will be raised in the entire novel . And the same questions shall guide the reader into Asher Lev 's character development and the...