Women In Huckleberry Finn

“Did you know that in 2015, women working full time in the United States typically were paid just 80 percent of what men were paid, a gap of 20 percent?” (aauw.org) In the 18th and 19th centuries women were not equal as men since their main job was taking care of the children and husbands. Women now have the same working opportunities as men. However, women still have less power than men and are paid less. Also, in many books, women are portrayed as weak. In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, almost all the women were portrayed as weak. The novel also shows the reader how women were only a mother figure to the main character, named Huck. An article, “Promotions are Mostly a Guy Thing” by Nathan Bomey highlights the …show more content…
In Huckleberry Finn, the women that Huck meets are motherly figure to Huck because they take care of him and, are kind to him. One of them is Widow Douglas, who raised Huck. Huck says, “She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn't do nothing but sweat and sweat...you had to come to time” (Twain 3). Even though the widow was not Huck’s mother, she did the job of a mother. She feels the need to take care and educate Huck because the society accepts them to do it. Also, women are accepted to provide religious foundation for children. The widow taught Huck about, “Moses and the Bulrushers” after the super (Twain 4). The book never mentions anything about men teaching the teenagers about religion. This is because providing the children and teenagers with religious knowledge is the job of a woman. When the women try to break away from their roles, they are frowned upon and their choices results in consequences. The character Sophia runs with a man secretly. She represents a rebellious figure in the novel while others are the motherly figure. However, this is not society accepts from a woman. Thus, when she ran away a huge feud occurred between the Shepherdsons and the Grangerford. According to Huck, Lots of the family members and other people were killed during the feud (Twain 97). This suggests that when a woman tries to break away from her domestic roles, there are consequences that both the family and the society has to …show more content…
Women were paid less back in the 19th century, and today they are still pad less. This is because the society that we are living in some people does not see the power of women. Thus, women are also underrepresented in the politics of America. Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton did not receive enough vote from some people just because of her gender. This show us how gender differences continues to shape our society. However, it time that we all understand that gender should not matter when it comes to having power. The role of a woman is nothing less than a