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Differences Between Huckleberry Finn Book And Book

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Jaden Llburn
Ainscough IIA
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Essay The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain is about a boy and a slave trying to escape. The boys name is Huckleberry Finn or Huck for short he is helping a slave named Jim. Throughout the novel, Huck and Jim experienced some good times, and some bad which impacted the story immensely, but despite Disney’s best efforts the movie discarded, changed, and added many scenes that took away from the impact of the novel. The reader will find Huck and Jim more knowledgeable at the conclusion of the novel and notice their love for life and for each other. After reading the book and watching the movie Huck Finn one will find many differences. A lot of the scenes have been switched around and combined in the movie version. There are few scenes in particular that I will focus on. The major difference between the movie and the book is the all important character named Tom Sawyer who is barely even mentioned let alone seen in the film. It is obvious from reading the story that Tom had a strong influence on Huck for example Huck is always thinking of what would tom do. Tom …show more content…

They put on acts in each town in the novel that gets them into trouble and almost killed as they have to escape each town. In the book there were scenes that are examples of this society that are not in the film. The Wilks sisters were disturbing to Huck who attempted to help them by trying to stop the Duke and King from stealing their inheritance money. The movie is different from the book in that it ends with Mary Jane and her two sisters see the good inside Huck and Jim and save them from being hanged and shot. The Wilks are never talked about again in the novel at all once Huck, Jim, the Duke, and the King escape from the town. In the last scene of the novel it involves freeing Jim and takes place at the Phelps

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