Tom Sawyer
How is Mark Twain’s life and the life of tom sawyer similar and different?
How is Mark Twain’s life and the life of tom sawyer similar and different? Include qualities please!
There are more similarities than you’d suspect:
-grew up in small towns on the Mississippi (St Petersburg is actually Hannibal)
-Father died at early age; was primarily raised by a woman
-Sid was really Twain’s younger brother Henry
-Mary was really Twain’s sister Pamela
-Laura Hawkins was the model for Becky Thatcher
-Twain and Tom both hated Sunday School and church
-They were similar in that they both loved being the center of attention
-They were both show-offs (Twain wore his Oxford graduation gown-obtained when he received an honorary Doctorate-to his daughter’s WEDDING-she was fit to be tied)
-Tom Blankenship, a poor Hannibal boy and acquaintance of Twain’s as a boy-was the inspiration for Huck Finn
-Both loved cats
-Both loved to explore
-Both were exposed to violence at a young age. Tom saw the graveyard murder of Dr. Robinson. Twain saw a lynching when only a young boy.
-Twain grew up poor, like Tom
-Twain’s boyhood home, which is right on the banks of the Mississippi, must have been the inspiration for Tom’s home. They’re the same, right down to the fmous fence.
-Both were fascinated with the Mississippi River
Differences:
-Not everything that happened in TS happened to Twain.
-I don’t think he was as superstitious as Tom
-Twain probably showed more interest in education and writing than Tom did
-Twain didn’t discover any hidden treasure
-I doubt that any Injun Joe bothered Twain
Rush- Tom Sawyer
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