Final Reflection

Reading the novels, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Song of Solomon through the feminist lense was a really interesting experience. It was really interesting to see that feminism has been around for so long and to see how it has changed throughout time. It was also really interesting to see how the “stereotypical” women has changed throughout the years. Something that I learned with this project, is that women have always been pressured to fit in what society defines as a “perfect” women.

The feminist lenses was pretty similar in both books. The way that it was similar is that in both novels the women in the books had a specific roles to follow and they would try to fit in the standard women category. The specific role that they had to follow was the role of being a role model women, and being a stereotypical women.

One thing that I got from the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, that I probably would have not gotten if I did not read the novel though the feminist lens was why the novel didn't have many female characters, and when they did have one why she was always a background character. If I hadn't been reading his book through the feminist lens I would not have gotten this because I would not have understood why all the women that were in the novel fell in the “stereotypical” women and why their was no main female character. Some of the things that I feel like I missed from the novels as a result of focusing on my lens would have to be how different people were treated based on their race. I feel like race was a big issue in both novels, but I was not able to get a lot of information on race because I was focusing on how feminism was being used in the books.

Some of the benefits of using a critical lens is that you get to focus on a specific viewpoint of the book. Being able to focus on a lens helps you understand better the book because you can go more in depth on why things happen through your lens. You can also research your lens and find out the history of it and see how it has been changing over time. Some of the downsides of using a critical lens are that you do have to focus only on one lens, so its harder to be able to read the novel through a different point of view.