There has never been a book as exciting and as valuable as Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, as the story takes you through a journey between the antics of a young boy in bloody and crazy-eyed, and his friend in search of freedom. Among other literary marvels, Huckleberry Finn stands out by tackling and challenging key issues of its time; in this case, racism. Likewise, there is another book, although more dated, which appears to have the same objective. Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, like Huckleberry Finn, was part of certain sensitive subjects of the time. However, Great Expectations were more about challenging the structure of society as a whole. Although not the greatest conflict, Mark Twain still used his character Huck Finn to match this sense of challenge to the construct and "rules" of civilization. Huck Finn and Pip Pirrip seem to come from opposite sides of a coin, one wanting to thrive in the upper reaches of society, and the other striving to break away from it completely, but the authors both use them as points reference for their own social arguments. In Great Expectations, Pip was born and raised in a very low level of society, and never really knew life any other way, whereas Huck Finn was shepherded from place to place for most of his life. After the death of her parents, Pip continues to live with her older sister and her husband, a blacksmith. Compared to the lives of the other characters in the book, Pip comes from relatively humble beginnings, at the bottom of the social media ladder in his time. Due to later events, Pip is exposed to life outside the forge and desperately wishes to be a part of it. Huck proves luckier than Pip at first, and is middle of paper......ire uses irony or exaggeration to emphasize the folly of a certain idea or theme. Through the novels of Great Expectations and Huckleberry Finn, authors Charles Dickens and Mark Twain shed light on the very hypocritical and costly operations of society and what is defined as "civilized" in our world. Although society and the rules that govern it may be what maintains the balance between peace and chaos in our world, it is important that everyone remains their own person and not lose their own identity in the mix of all this. Pip Pirrip and Huck Finn show why it's so important to stay true to what you believe to be right, even though 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.