There is some speculation that Tom Sawyer might really be Mark Twain. The answers are endless. His life as a child on the Mississippi River is exhibited in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain resembles Tom Sawyer in so many ways, for example his hometown, his family, and his adventures as a young kid.
Mark Twain resembles Tom Sawyer when they talk about each other’s hometowns. For example on SparkNotes it says, “The fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri [Tom Sawyer’s hometown] which resembles Mark Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Missouri.” This place represents what life was like next to the Mississippi River. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer it explains the setting which was exactly like Mark Twain´s setting as a child (1-212). Mark Twain would travel up and down the river on a boat, with his friends, watching the steamboats chug down the river …show more content…
According to Authorama.com, [Mark Twain and Tom Blankenship]... often cruised up to Turtle Island, about two miles above Hannibal, and spent the day feasting and playing. This is just like in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer when it says, “Tom stirred up the other pirates and they all clattered away with a shout, and in a minute or two were stripped and chasing each other in the shallow limpid water of the white sandbar at the island”(89). This shows how when Mark was a kid he did the exact same things that Tom Sawyer does in the book. This is why Tom Sawyer and Mark Twain are the same.
This shows that Tom Sawyer is most likely Mark Twain. Both of their childhoods are similar. Tom Sawyer lives near the Mississippi just like Mark Twain did and the adventures they have are similar. Sid is represented as Twain’s brother and other characters represent his family. All of this evidence supports that Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer are the same. Mark Twain loved to exhibit his family and childhood in his best works, including The Adventures of Tom
Mark Twain resembles Tom Sawyer when they talk about each other’s hometowns. For example on SparkNotes it says, “The fictional town of St. Petersburg, Missouri [Tom Sawyer’s hometown] which resembles Mark Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Missouri.” This place represents what life was like next to the Mississippi River. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer it explains the setting which was exactly like Mark Twain´s setting as a child (1-212). Mark Twain would travel up and down the river on a boat, with his friends, watching the steamboats chug down the river …show more content…
According to Authorama.com, [Mark Twain and Tom Blankenship]... often cruised up to Turtle Island, about two miles above Hannibal, and spent the day feasting and playing. This is just like in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer when it says, “Tom stirred up the other pirates and they all clattered away with a shout, and in a minute or two were stripped and chasing each other in the shallow limpid water of the white sandbar at the island”(89). This shows how when Mark was a kid he did the exact same things that Tom Sawyer does in the book. This is why Tom Sawyer and Mark Twain are the same.
This shows that Tom Sawyer is most likely Mark Twain. Both of their childhoods are similar. Tom Sawyer lives near the Mississippi just like Mark Twain did and the adventures they have are similar. Sid is represented as Twain’s brother and other characters represent his family. All of this evidence supports that Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer are the same. Mark Twain loved to exhibit his family and childhood in his best works, including The Adventures of Tom