A study on contrasts between Tom Sawyer and huck finn's life in Mark Twain's the adventures of Tom Sawyer

Rahmasari, Brigitta Septarini (2009) A study on contrasts between Tom Sawyer and huck finn's life in Mark Twain's the adventures of Tom Sawyer. Undergraduate thesis, Universitas Katolik Widya Mandala Madiun.

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Abstract

This research discusses the contrast or the difference between Tom Sawyer's and Huck Finn's Life in Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.There are three questions to answer. First, what are the differences between Tom Sawyer's and Huck Finn's Lifestyle? Second, what are the differences between Tom Sawyer's and Huck Finn's outlook on life? Third, how do Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn perceive to each other? To achieve the objectives, the library research including internet browsing is done for collecting data. There are two kinds of data, namely primary data and secondary data. Primary data are taken from the novel itself, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The secondary data are obtained from the theory of character,characterization, personality, lifestyle, and conflict. Moreover, Psychological,sociological, and moral approach are applied to analyze the data in tis thesis. The first difference between Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn is their lifestyle.Tom lives in a civilized household with an aunt who is deeply concerned with his welfare,tolerant of his boyish naughtiness and loves him. In contrast, Huck Finn is alone, has no home, and his father is the town drunkard who completely ignores his son. Thus, Huck has no one to take care of him. Tom goes to the accepted and respectable school. Meanwhile, Huck does not attend school. Instead he is free from any responsibility. The difference between Tom and Huck is also seen on Jackson's Island. Tom has guilty conscience over stealing food. In contrast, Huck feels no regret about having stolen certain items. Second, they are different from outlook on life. Tom is filled with imaginative schemes, but they all come from adventure stories he has read. Tom is a dreamer, and Huck is always the practical or pragmatic person. As a member of society, Tom knows the bounds and limits of that civilized society and obeys to its rules and limitations. He is full of pranks and wild schemes, but always in the back of his mind are the rules of society which he obeys.Huck, who is an outcast,is not constrained by society's rules as Tom is. Third, they are different from their perception toward each other. Tom envies Huck's freedom. As Tom envies Huck's free and easy life, Huck admires Tom's book-learning and sees Tom as a standard of civilized behavior. Huck also admires Tom as a respectable boy and willingly follows him.

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