The Tone of Two Tales Anyone who has read “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” or “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain knows that these two are inseparable. The two friends would travel the country in search of their next adventure. However, these two boys could not have a more different outlook on life. Tom Sawyer prefers to take a more carefree outlook on life, not stopping to worry about the problems. He dives head first into any challenge he is faced with. On the other hand, Huckleberry Finn prefers to take a more relaxed and careful look at the problems. He spends a great deal of time worrying, consequently he becomes superstitious and afraid. This leads to a very different tone and theme between the two books. “The Adventures
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Tom is from a middle-class family in which he is allowed to go to school and attend Sunday school on the weekends. Tom does not enjoy school as he can often be seen skipping out on school and messing around with Huck. However, he has the option to, and attends it most of the time. As a result, Tom knows how to read and write. These are two skills that Huck does not have. Being the son of the town drunk and without a mother Huck never truly got the opportunity to attend school. Consequently, Huck’s grammar is something that is left to be desired. This is just how Huck’s father wanted it though; he did not want his son to have a better education than him. “You’re educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you’re better’n your father, now, don’t you, because he can’t? (Twain, 11). This shows Huck’s fathers opposition to going to school and getting a proper education, this is brought on by his father feeling threatened and envious at his son, who he fears is superior to him. The reason that these boys have such different educations goes back to the way they were brought up. Tom lived in a wonderful, loving, and caring household that wanted him to receive an education, while Huck was not raised in a home at all, and taught that education was
Tom is from a middle-class family in which he is allowed to go to school and attend Sunday school on the weekends. Tom does not enjoy school as he can often be seen skipping out on school and messing around with Huck. However, he has the option to, and attends it most of the time. As a result, Tom knows how to read and write. These are two skills that Huck does not have. Being the son of the town drunk and without a mother Huck never truly got the opportunity to attend school. Consequently, Huck’s grammar is something that is left to be desired. This is just how Huck’s father wanted it though; he did not want his son to have a better education than him. “You’re educated, too, they say—can read and write. You think you’re better’n your father, now, don’t you, because he can’t? (Twain, 11). This shows Huck’s fathers opposition to going to school and getting a proper education, this is brought on by his father feeling threatened and envious at his son, who he fears is superior to him. The reason that these boys have such different educations goes back to the way they were brought up. Tom lived in a wonderful, loving, and caring household that wanted him to receive an education, while Huck was not raised in a home at all, and taught that education was