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- In 1876, Twain introduced the character of Huckleberry Finn in the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, based on real people and events in Hannibal and his uncle's Florida farm.
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The character of Huck Finn is based on Tom Blankenship, the real-life son of a sawmill laborer and sometime drunkard named Wood-son Blankenship, who lived in a "ramshackle" house near the Mississippi River behind the house where the author grew up in Hannibal, Missouri.
- Huckleberry Finn first appears in Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to Tom Sawyer, Twain’s novel about his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri.
- Huckleberry Finn may be based on Mark Twain's childhood friend. Twain once said that Huck is based on Tom Blankenship, a childhood friend whose father, Woodson Blankenship, was a poor drunkard and the likely model for Pap Finn.
- It took Mark Twain seven years to write The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn was written in two short bursts. The first was in 1876, when Twain wrote 400 pages that he told his friend he liked “only tolerably well, as far as I have got, and may possibly pigeonhole or burn” the manuscript.
- Like Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s view on slavery changed. Huck, who grows up in the South before the Civil War, not only accepts slavery, but believes that helping Jim run away is a sin.
Twain introduced the character of Huck Finn in his 1876 novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as a partner in Sawyer's adventures. Like many of the characters and events in the novels, Huck Finn was based on someone Twain knew while growing up in Hannibal, Missouri.
While Tom and Huck share the common bond of being orphans, Tom lives in a civilized household with an aunt who loves him, who is tolerant of his boyish pranks, who is indulgent with his youthful escapades and whims, and who is deeply concerned about his welfare.
- Huckleberry Finn first appears in Tom Sawyer. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a sequel to Tom Sawyer, Twain’s novel about his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri.
- Huckleberry Finn may be based on Mark Twain's childhood friend. Twain once said that Huck is based on Tom Blankenship, a childhood friend whose father, Woodson Blankenship, was a poor drunkard and the likely model for Pap Finn.
- It took Mark Twain seven years to write the book. Huckleberry Finn was written in two short bursts. The first was in 1876, when Twain wrote 400 pages that he told his friend he liked “only tolerably well, as far as I have got, and may possibly pigeonhole or burn” the manuscript.
- Like Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s view on slavery changed. Huck, who grows up in the South before the Civil War, not only accepts slavery, but believes that helping Jim run away is a sin.
The Phelpses mistake Huck for their nephew Tom, who is expected for a visit, and Huck plays along. It turns out their nephew is Tom Sawyer. When Tom arrives, he pretends to be his brother Sid, and develops a theatrical plan to free Jim.
The Mississippi flows along the border of Illinois and Missouri, where both The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the first chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are set. Though technically part of Missouri and based on real-life Glascock's Island, Jackson's Island would've been divided in Huck's mind into Missouri and Illinois sides, or ...
