The two books A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer are different in many ways and alike in very few ways also. They are both two kids living in not the best of times. The main difference between them is the fact that that Francie actually goes from innocence to experience when it looks like Tom is just going to stay an innocent little boy forever. That of course isn’t the only difference and similarity but those are the main ones.



They don’t have things going their way. Francie has it much worse than Tom since the environment isn’t half as bad by Tom. Therefore Francie has it rougher which I think is the reason she isn’t innocent but that she’s experienced. Tom on the other hand doesn’t have it too rough but that’s the reason he is able to stay innocent. With hardship comes experience and everything handed to you on a golden platter comes innocence. Tom has many fun adventures with his pals like becoming a pirate and going to an island for a week while Francie’s consisted of getting a Christmas tree thrown at her or going fishing when it’s burning hot outside. There is an obvious difference. Tom gets blamed for everything that goes wrong except Francie is the kid that does everything by the book and would never get blamed. There is a little bit of unfairness there. They both have evil around them. Injun Joe is Tom’s evil since he murdered a man and has stolen from the city and also is plotting unknown on someone and Brooklyn itself is the evil in Francie’s life. There is more evil with Francie than Tom and that’s why she becomes experienced.



They both make it through the hardship but each come out a little different. Francie goes to college and who knows where Tom will end up. Their differences affect their outcome of life. Their differences of course are so broad since A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is comedy and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is Romantic. So they do have mostly differences but they also have some similarities.