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    Study Guide to Tom Sawyer: Movie Version
    Study Guide to Tom Sawyer: Movie Version
    Study Guide to Tom Sawyer: Movie Version
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    Study Guide to Tom Sawyer: Movie Version

    By Gigi Mack

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    Study Guide compares the novel Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain to the movie version The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) Even though the movie omits 15 chapters of the book, this old colorized film follows the book with a few exceptions. The main plot lines and characters are fairly accurate, and a lot of the dialogue in the book is used in the movie. The ending of the movie does not match what happens in the book, and the subplot involving Huckleberry Finn and Widow Douglas is left out. Despite these flaws, the film is still the best movie version of the book.


    - A Teacher Time-Saver - Perfect For CCSS - Distance Learning or Homeschooling -

    The Common Core Standards call for comparing the novel text to a different version, especially a film version. Movie Version study guides provide reliable information about the comparison to know if student responses are accurate. Movie Version study guides compare the movie of a book to the book itself.  The study guides cover both the plot and characters in the movie and the book.

    Each study guide contains:
    The Movie:  A scene-by-scene comparison with chapters in the book, including errors and omissions in the movie.
    The Book:  Complete chapter-by-chapter summaries of the book.
    How Accurate is the Movie?  Each study guide rates the movie's accuracy according to Plot, Characters, Setting, Structure, Symbols, and Theme and reveals what's in the movie that's NOT in the book and what's in the book that's NOT in the movie.

    Digitally download the movie version study guide today to find out how the movie is not like the book.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMovieVersion.com LLC
    Release dateApr 29, 2024
    ISBN9781937714215
    Study Guide to Tom Sawyer: Movie Version

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      Study Guide to Tom Sawyer - Gigi Mack

      THE MOVIE VERSION OF TOM SAWYER IS NOT LIKE THE BOOK by Mark Twain

      RECOMMENDED MOVIE: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) starring Tommy Kelly, May Robson, Walter Brennan, Victor Jory and Philip Hurlic. Directed by Norman Taurog. Produced by David O. Selznick.

      HOW ACCURATE IS THE MOVIE VERSION OF THE BOOK?

      WHAT’S IN THE BOOK THAT’S NOT IN THE MOVIE?

      Playing Robin Hood, turtle eggs, storm, anatomy book, Alfred Temple, Mr. Dobbins’ toupee, haunted house, the Spaniard, den Number Two, the Welshman, Temperance Tavern, plot to disfigure Widow Douglas, Huck’s illness, investment of the gold, Huck’s adoption by Widow Douglas.

      WHAT’S IN THE MOVIE THAT’S NOT IN THE BOOK?

      Amy’s peppermint, Adam and Eve, Becky’s drawing of Mr. Dobbins, Aunt Polly’s thimble, Injun Joe’s throwing a knife at Tom, hayride to the picnic, king’s throne, Tom’s killing Injun Joe, tomatoes thrown at Sid, strawberry shortcake

      WHAT’S THE SAME?

      Whitewashing the fence, Painkiller, Huck and Tom witness a murder, Jackson Island, the funeral for Tom, Huck, and Joe, Muff Potter’s trial, Injun Joe’s escape, Tom and Becky lost in the cave, Tom and Huck recovering the gold

      THE MOVIE: SUMMARY

      The following is a scene-by-scene comparison of the movie to the corresponding chapters in the book.

      THE MOVIE: CHAPTER 1

      OPENING SCENE: Tom and Jim ride on the back of a wagon through the streets of St. Petersburg. (ERROR: Not in the book) Tom and Jim go swimming in the river. (ERROR: In the book Tom does not go swimming with Jim) Tom Sawyer’s Aunt Polly is looking for him. (ACCURATE) Jim distracts Aunt Polly with a discussion of which wood he should chop while Tom sneaks in the house. (ERROR: Not in the book)

      At the dinner table Aunt Polly suspects that Tom has skipped school to go swimming. (ACCURATE) Aunt Polly feels Tom’s wet hair. (ERROR: Not in the book) Tom dodges Aunt Polly’s close questioning. (ACCURATE) Sid says Tom should read the Bible more. (ERROR: Not in the book) Aunt Polly examines Tom’s collar which is sewn on. (ACCURATE) Sid points out that Tom’s collar is sewn with black thread, not the white thread used by Aunt Polly. (ACCURATE) Tom threatens Sid for telling on him and runs out the door. (ACCURATE)

      OMISSIONS: Aunt Polly catches Tom as he comes out of the pantry with jam on his face. Aunt Polly has told him not to eat the jam. She prepares to punish Tom with a switch. Tom escapes, climbs over a fence and disappears. Aunt Polly laughs to herself. She does not have the heart to whip her dead sister’s child whom she is trying to raise. She observes that Tom does not like work, but she will continue to do her duty to raise him right.

      Tom skips school. He helps Jim, an African-American boy, chop wood before supper. Jim chops while Tom entertains him with stories of his adventures. Tom’s younger half-brother Sid picks up the wood chips. Sid is quiet and does not have adventurous ways.

      Tom met a well-dressed boy who is bigger than Tom. Tom bets the boy two cents that he can beat him in a fight. They fight and Tom wins and the boy pays him two pennies. Tom throws a rock at the boy as he walks away in defeat. Tom chases him home. The boy’s mother sees Tom through a window and calls him a bad, vicious, vulgar child, and orders him gone. It’s late when Tom gets home, so he climbs in through a window. Aunt Polly is waiting for him. When she sees Tom’s dirty, torn clothes, she tells Tom he will be doing hard labor tomorrow which is Saturday.

      THE MOVIE: CHAPTER 2

      Tom has to whitewash Aunt Polly’s fence. (ACCURATE) Sid says he has mixed three buckets of the paint. (ERROR: Not in the book) Tom hits Sid with a paintbrush full of paint. (ERROR: Not in the book) Tom tells Jim that he will let him see his sore toe if Jim will help him whitewash. (ACCURATE) Aunt Polly spanks Jim and shoos him off. (ACCURATE)

      Tom begins to paint the fence as if he enjoys it. (ACCURATE) Ben Rogers comes along eating an apple. (ACCURATE) Tom seems to be having such a good time painting that Ben Rogers begs Tom to let him paint. (ACCURATE) Tom hesitates, and makes Ben beg to let him paint. (ACCURATE) Tom finally agrees when Ben offers him a brass door knob and an apple. (ERROR: In the book Ben offers Tom only his apple) While Ben paints, Tom sits in the shade eating the apple. (ACCURATE) More boys show up and give Tom gifts for letting them paint the fence. (ACCURATE)

      The fence eventually has three coats of whitewash and Tom is the proud owner of many trinkets. (ACCURATE) Tom gives Jim a trinket not to tell on him. (ERROR: In the book Tom gives Jim a marble in an attempt to persuade Jim to do some whitewashing) Tom coats himself in whitewash to make it look like he has been painting. (ERROR: Not in the book)

      OMISSIONS: Tom offers to haul water from the town pump if Jim will help him whitewash. Jim says Aunt Polly warned him that Tom would try to get him to whitewash, and she told him not to do it. Jim weakens when Tom gives him a marble and lets Jim see his sore toe.

      THE MOVIE: CHAPTER 3

      Tom tells Aunt Polly that he has finished whitewashing the fence. (ACCURATE) Aunt Polly does not believe him. (ACCURATE) She goes outside to see for herself and is pleasantly surprised at how the fence looks. (ACCURATE) She tells him he may go off and play. Tom hits Sid with a bucket of whitewash. (ERROR: Not in the book)

      Tom notices a new girl who has moved in across the street. (ERROR: In the book the new girl does not live across the street from Aunt Polly, but at Jeff Thatcher’s house) Tom is immediately attracted to her. (ACCURATE)

      Amy Lawrence gives Tom a peppermint stick. (ERROR: Not in the book) She reminds Tom that she and he are engaged. (ERROR: Not in the book) Amy

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