Huckleberry Finn, an English Classic, written by Mark Twain, differs from the movie version of the story. In the novel and movie, when Huck and Jim get separated when the steamboat went by, and the raft and steamboat collide, Huck goes ashore. In the novel, however, Huck spots an old house, and despite his getting barked at by the dogs, the boy walks to the front door. The people who owned the house, the Grangerfords were inside, and one of the men calls off the dogs and invites Huck into his home. In the movie version, dogs and the residents of the shack were outside on the hill located in front of the home. The folk told him to get inside their dwelling and immediately questioned him, ensuring he was not of the Shepherdson family. In Twain's novel, the Grangerfords were more welcoming to Huck, even though there were still worried and suspicious of his being of the rival household – in the film, they were even more concerned with whether or not he was a Shepherdson. The video version was more effective because it created a great visual, the owners of the house were outside and they were not as nice at first to Huck. This was more of the 'real' society back then – brutal, not friendly, and not a tightly knit community.
             Three of the bigger differences in the movie include the video version not mentioning Tom Sawyer, the Wilks sisters last action in the movie, and the freeing of Jim. Tom Sawyer, a major influence on Huck Finn, was not present or mentioned in the movie. In the novel, Tom is Huck's leader and someone Huck looks up to. Tom is intelligent, witty, crafty, shrewd, and Huck wants that for himself. Sawyer's missing in the movie made it so Huck didn't have that role model and he is more independent because of Tom's not being present. This is a major part missing from the video, the novel version was definitely more effective and impactful because Huck has someone ...