Comparison between Huckleberry Finn and Tome Sawyer

Mark Twain was an outstanding representative of 19th-century American literary realism. During his life he published a large number of literary works. "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" are both masterpieces of its children's literature. Mark Twain by the satirical depiction of children in cheerful tone conducted and criticized the hypocrisy of American society practices vulgar, hypocritical religious ceremonies under rigid stereotypes and social context of school education. These two literary work themselves in the companion volume, but also with some similarities and differences. In the late 19^th century, the United States has just experienced a civil war baptism. During this period of political, economic, cultural, religion has a lot of change and development, social quietly brewing a big change, which provides a certain social objective conditions for the emergence and development of new literature. In this context, more and more people indulge in romantic literature writers’ dissatisfied subjective fantasy and ignore objective reality of individual creative methods. Literature itself is a refined and abstract interpretation of social life, so its contents from social life, but also should be able to show the essence of an actual social reality at that time. From a literature perspective, both books came from the same genre while Tom Sawyer focus heavily on the religion side of the society and Huckleberry Finn scares on the social equality side.

Against religion it is one of the themes of Mark Twain wanted to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" expression. Of course, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the purpose of writing is not just against religion. This children's literature also reveals the social status of the South American fifties and sixties of the 19th century. We all know that "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain on his own childhood, recalling its coverage in the United States before the American Civil War, social life. Therefore, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is also the author of children portrayed through the lens of American society at the time, which reveals the state of the US Southern common deformity and severely criticized the prevailing education system. But in the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain did not blindly attacked social injustice behind the status quo at the time, he also through the description of the hero Tom, reflects his passion for the future longing. Tom imaginative, strange longing for a better life, full of revolt against the status quo of passion, to have an ideal future. These qualities are lacking in society at that time. And precisely on the use of Mark Twain Tom were the prevailing social satire. Ironically, the general public was vulgar, conservative greed and religious hypocrisy.

Children's literature regarding Mark Twain, the above mentioned "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," then we have to mention "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Hero of the story is Huckleberry Finn. So it is, "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," the companion volume. "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is mainly about Huckleberry After wandering life later became part of the widow Douglas home. Despite the good living conditions, but also learn a lot of rules. It is hard to bear. So when his father was released from prison, he and his father went to live in a remote woods of a small house. He started in the forest free, unfettered life. Huckleberry jubilant this life, but his father did want to get the treasure he found Tom. And his father always drunk hit him. So he had a chance to look for pretending to be drowned and then fled to the island Jackson. While the barren island, but he found a slave Jim, Jim fled for fear of being sold out. Salve Jim and Huckleberry are fugitives, so they soon became friends. Because the islands are not safe, they want to escape the slave states. But because of the wrong direction, but they genuinely the slavery area. One day, two people to them for help, they rescued two men after they found them to be liars. The two swindlers even carrying Huck put Jim to sell. Huck own farm secretly to rescue Jim Phelps. Where he found the master here is Tom's uncle, Tom Huck pretend to save Jim. At the same time, Jim escape, farm found Jim escaped, and they caught back to Jim. Jim was escorted back to the farm in the process, people knew the original owner, according to Jim Hua Cen Miss Wills, Jim had to get the truth freedom. Huck Mrs. Phelps declined to receive his request after the decision to place a person went to the Indians living in the free vagrant life.

"Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," the hero of social civilization and education Huck is a simple escape. But at the end of the novel, although longing for life Huck western United States, but it does not actually exist, so that Huck had to back the so-called "civilized" society. From the text we can see Huck want to save themselves, rescue slaves Yu Ji to express themselves with the so-called civilized world when people of different persons. This in itself is actually in terms of the perspective of Mark Twain children to voice their strong opposition to the so-called civilized world. In the "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain in the same way through the article, the story of the hero's personality and love: the sound of the American religious ignorance of pious and believers had another strong criticism. In fact, this also reflects that era of freedom, democracy, and equality of human culture quietly rising. Similarly, for slave Jim description and the description of the civil society also formed a adamant contrast effect. American slavery was racial discrimination and evil, the gross corruption of American society "civilized" open display in front of the people, for the United States to establish a new image of democracy also play a role in promoting.

From their analysis of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", we can easily see that these two are the children's literature of Mark Twain's use of perspective adopted child ironic humor approach with their own childhood experiences of the north-south war history, so to show the ugly in the eyes of child at the time of the social state of the US. Sharply criticized the religious system differences, deformity of the education system and American society between North and South was backward. For the development of real literature has made its own contribution. These two children's literary works of Mark Twain for years have been included in Chinese textbooks in primary and secondary schools, showing its educational value. Mark Twain's life and create a multi-unit outstanding literary works. But his two children's literature we can find its contribution to literary realism made.