Home is where the heart is. Many people, including Huckleberry Finn from Mark Twain's novel Huck Finn, prefer home to be away from civilization. Other people may find home to be when he or she is surrounded by loved ones, such as Desiree from "Desiree's Baby". In the three excerpts from Mark Twain's Huck Finn, Kate Chopin's "Desiree's Baby", and Stephen Crane's "The Open Boat" the main characters all have a place they want to be and places they have to be. As a result, each individual struggles to go or stay at the place he or she desires.
Civilization is the preferred place to live for many people in the world, except Huckleberry Finn. People like the easy, orderly life that civilization provides. Huck Finn preferred the uncivilized life.
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The correspondent endured the perilous ocean with a few others. Each man craves the welcome of land, the place they were born on and accustomed to. The correspondent felt the land was safe but in addition it brought a sense of dread because "the land's welcome for it could only be the different and sinister hospitality of the grave," (Crane 600). The oiler, one of the passengers on the boat, died as they grew closer to the sea. Although the sea was perilous, it seemed almost a better alternative than staying on land because of the remembrance of death. The correspondent found land to be just as unfortunate as the sea.
The three excerpts by Mark Twain, Kate Chopin, and Stephen Crane convey how the place a person desired is not always the best place for him or her. Huckleberry Finn conveys a young boy who desired the uncivilized life despite his good life in town, "Desiree's Baby" told of a women desiring to stay in a home she was not welcome in, and "The Open Boat" told the story of a man plagued by the sea, even on the land he desired. Each character struggled with their desires pertaining to their region. The stories show that what a person wants is not always