“I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. All I care to know is that a man is a human being, and that is enough for me; he can 't be any worse.” Mark Twain was born with the name Samuel Clemens in 1835 along the banks of the Mississippi River in Hannibal, Missouri. Twain worked at various newspapers in New York, Virginia, and Philadelphia from the time he was 12, till he was 22. However, he didn’t start publishing short stories until he was 30. He married at age 34 to Olivia Langdon, who became his partner, editor, and fellow traveler for the next 34 years until he died on April 221, 1910. All around the world newspapers declared, “The whole world is mourning.” Mark Twain and his writings were missed among many.
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One major difference is the absence of Tom Sawyer, a friend of Huck, throughout the whole movie. Two other important characters, the king and the duke are not the same in both the novel and the movie. The duke and the king, two con men Jim and Huck encounter as they travel down the Mississippi River, don’t know each other when show up in the novel whereas in the movie they already know each other. Another major difference happens during the movie when the duke and king find out Jim is a runaway due to a handbill they see posted. The king and duke threaten to turn Jim in if both Jim and Huck don’t wait on their hand and foot. Then they say if they try to run away they’ll kill them. The king and duke are much more hostile in the movie than they are in the novel. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck tricks the king and the duke into believing Jim was Huck’s slave. They even come up with a ruse so they could travel in the daytime and not have to worry about someone thinking Jim was a runaway slave. Some major events were completely skipped in the movie as well. For example, in the beginning of the movie the whole scene containing Tom Sawyer’s Gang is missing. In the novel, a group of boys take and oath and had to sign their name in blood. They pretend to be robbers and murderers using their imagination but disband soon after. Another important section which was skipped was when Tom and Huck helped Jim escape from the Phelps plantation. In the novel, Tom came up with a very elaborate, detailed and unnecessary plan as to how they were going to break Jim out. Lastly, some of the themes were different as
One major difference is the absence of Tom Sawyer, a friend of Huck, throughout the whole movie. Two other important characters, the king and the duke are not the same in both the novel and the movie. The duke and the king, two con men Jim and Huck encounter as they travel down the Mississippi River, don’t know each other when show up in the novel whereas in the movie they already know each other. Another major difference happens during the movie when the duke and king find out Jim is a runaway due to a handbill they see posted. The king and duke threaten to turn Jim in if both Jim and Huck don’t wait on their hand and foot. Then they say if they try to run away they’ll kill them. The king and duke are much more hostile in the movie than they are in the novel. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck tricks the king and the duke into believing Jim was Huck’s slave. They even come up with a ruse so they could travel in the daytime and not have to worry about someone thinking Jim was a runaway slave. Some major events were completely skipped in the movie as well. For example, in the beginning of the movie the whole scene containing Tom Sawyer’s Gang is missing. In the novel, a group of boys take and oath and had to sign their name in blood. They pretend to be robbers and murderers using their imagination but disband soon after. Another important section which was skipped was when Tom and Huck helped Jim escape from the Phelps plantation. In the novel, Tom came up with a very elaborate, detailed and unnecessary plan as to how they were going to break Jim out. Lastly, some of the themes were different as