function [y] = Newton_3397(chuckie,x)
syms x
You should not be ignoring the input x value. The user is supposed to pass you an initial value, the point to start at.
function [y] = Newton_3397(chuckie,x0)
and
x0=vpa(subs(y,x,x0));
and you just repeat that same assignment several times until you are satisfied that the error is low enough.
