The importance of gender and race in "The Great Gatsby" and "The adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are integral, as it accurately portrays many common views and beliefs of society at the time these novels were composed. Within these two novels, many dominant tropes in American writing are also explored. Some examples of the dominant tropes in these particular novels are alienation, independence or freedom, and democracy and equality. Within "The Great Gatsby" by F.Scott …showed first 75 words of 2493 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2493 total…and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Within "The Great Gatsby" the American literary tropes that are included are alienation, and within "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" there is exploration of independence or freedom and democracy and equality. In conclusion it is of great importance that there are strong themes of gender and race used throughout, as the use of both enables the author to accurately demonstrate the perceptions of gender and race of the period.