Premium Content The "Savage" as the Civilizer
By April Strickland - March 23, 2003
In studying the development of the early American novel, one might find it helpful to compare Ishmael's relationship with Queequeg in "Moby Dick" to Huck's relationship with Jim in "Huckleberry Finn". In each case, the "savage" actually humanizes and civilizes the supposedly "civilized" character. However, it is the similarities and differences in…
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