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Comparing Huck Finn And Tom's Escape

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Huck and Tom’s escape are both alike and different in many ways. The main similarity is they are both trying to escape, and leave behind things that at least give them more time to get away. In Huck’s case he wants to make it look like he was murdered so they would not come looking for him. In Tom’s case he left a straw person in the bed to buy more time. Huck has a more simple idea of escaping. He gets an ax and put pig 's blood on it to look like it was him who was killed. He even got a bag of rocks and drug them across the ground to look like his body had been dragged. Tom, on the other hand, had a very complicated plan. Tom got his complex idea from the elaborate books he has read. The ideas of keeping a rattlesnake for a pet and keeping

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