| dc.description.abstract | This thesis tries to compare and analyze the similarities and the differences of
the theme, the plot, and the main characters’ character in Mark Twain’s The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures
of Tom Sawyer tells about the hopes, plans and dreams of children. Then, The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells about race and slavery at that time in America.
There are some similarities of the theme, the plot, and the main characters’ character
in these novels, but also there are some differences of them.
This thesis uses structural approach because it will make the understanding of
the similarities of the chosen aspects clearer. Both novels will be analyzed from the
intrinsic aspects to know completely the meaning of the chosen aspects discussed.
After knowing each aspect of the novels then comparison both of them are applied.
The method of analysis in this thesis is inductive method. It analyzes the data
from the specific cases to the general conclusion. The application of the method in
this thesis begins from analyzing the theme, the plot, and the main characters’
character structurally. The data are collected from several books and encyclopedia
dealing with theory of comparative study. In addition, a number of data taken from
internet resources are applied to support the analysis of the thesis. This thesis
contributes to understanding about the similarities and the differences of Mark
Twain’s works.
The results of the research show that these similarities imply first that there is
intertextual relation among both novels, particularly in the theme, the plot, and the
main characters’ character. | en_US |
