Miyax, the protagonist in Julie of the Wolves, shares some character traits with the protagonist of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. How is Miyax like Tom? How is she different?

Both Miyax from Julie of the Wolves and Tom from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are brave, strong, and independent young people. Miyax has to learn how to live on her on in the Arctic whereas Tom is in charge or running his own group of 'misfits' - he acts as sort of a leader for them. Both of them are curious kids who want to explore what's out there and learn new things - they are not afraid of challenges; as a matter of fact, they take them head-on. Miyax learns later in her life how to live in the wilderness with wolves; Tom reveals a crime and helps the police arrest the murderer all while jeopardizing his own life.

On the other hand, Miyax is much more mature than Tom is in childhood. Tom is still a boy who likes doing childish pranks and teasing people. Miyax is a serious child who has to learn how to live in society after being in the wilderness for so long. Although Tom grows up to become a more mature person, in childhood, the lack of maturity is what differentiates the two.

the present continuous is a verb tense which is mainly used to indicates that an action is in progress at the moment of speaking.  

it is formed using: person + verb to be (am/is/are) +verb + - ing form  

example: i am studying at this moment .

in addition, the present continuous is also used in order to express things that will or will not happen in the near future.

example: i am having dinner with some friends tonight.

the speaker sometimes   uses it   to express that an action is repeated and it causes irritation on the part of the speaker

example: my sister is constantly complaining about everything.

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