Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are two very important characters in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are best friends and do many of the same things. Both characters have many similarities, but also have differences between them. .
Huck and Tom are about the same age. They are adventurous people who love the outdoors. One time during the adventures, they were able to fall upon six thousand dollars. This made both Huck and Tom very rich. Huck and Tom are big troublemakers too. Both of them have to pull pranks and ravage their town. .
Even though Huck and Tom have many similarities, there are many differences. Huck Finn does not have a family and Tom Sawyer does. Huck Finn is an uncivilized person and follows Tom where he goes. Huck Finn is uneducated, but has many street smarts to make up for it. On the other hand, Tom Sawyer is a leader and is somewhat educated because he can read. Huck Finn though is a romantic hero. He is the character who fits every description of a romantic character. .
Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer have many similarities because they are best friends. There are many differences though because Huck Finn is a romantic hero. Tom Sawyer is opposite of what Huck Finn. Tom would rather be civilized unlike Huck who would be with nature.
Tom and Huck have a relationship built on mutual respect. ... Tom wants to be like Huck and Huck wants to be like Tom. We learn about how much Tom wants to be like Huck by reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. ... This allows Tom to take advantage of Huck, because Huck will go along with whatever Tom wants. Tom is a natural leader, while Huck is content to follow. ...
One can clearly make the conclusion that the differences between Huck and Tom are quite evident. ... The contrast betwixt Tom and Huck is unimpeachably proven throughout these chapters. ... Huck permits Tom to take authority because Huck possesses a low self-esteem and considers Tom is smarter than him. ... The divergence in Tom and Huck's beliefs are also apparent in the carrying out of their deeds. ... When Tom and Huck are paired together their alterations stand out quite clearly. ...
The upbringing of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are also very different. Huck is the son of the town drunkard. ... Tom and Huck are also similar in that they both have little regard for authority. ... For example, Tom, Huck, and Joe Harper escape to Jackson's Island so that they can act as pirates and hunt for buried treasure. ... However, Huck has nobody to worry for him. ...
An example of this is in chapter thirty-three when Huck runs into the ever-scheming Tom Sawyer. ... Tom was going to tell Huck that Jim was already free, because his owner had set him free in her will. Obviously Tom had some sort of scheme up his sleeve to explain why he failed to tell Huck that Jim was already free and then need not steal him from his captors. The scheme that Tom had in mind was that he could have a real adventure and help Huck steal Jim out of slavery without actually risking getting in trouble by the law or even their families. ... When Huck got the nerve to ask Tom wh...
Huck and Tom, Huck's friend, are constantly attributed to pranks played on a slave named Jim. In general, it appears as though Huck is a follower of his friend Tom Sawyer. Huck must conform to Tom's ritualistic ways, straying from his own practical ways. ... Huck always followed Tom in his silly childish games, like pretending they were pirates. ... On Jackson Island, Huck meets up with the black slave that he and Tom used to hassle. ...
Huck first plays tricks on Jim, but never really thinks they are funny, because something always ends up happening the makes Jim sad and Tom feels bad about what he has done. ... Last Huck learns that even though Tom's plans are usually a lot of fun, they usually aren't the best idea for the problem. Tom believes that all his plans should be challenging and complicated. ... First when Huck and Tom come upon Jim the night they sneak out, Tom wants to tie Jim to the tree. ... Tom comes up with a very elaborate plan that makes even the simplest tasks, complicated. ...
They argue that it is too coincidental and that Tom's crazy, quixotic schemes conflict with the seriousness of Jim's predicament. ... Huck goes to the farm to try to figure out a way to free Jim, only to discover that the Phelps are the aunt and uncle of Tom Sawyer, who just happens to be arriving to visit them on that very day. ... For example, while Huck and Jim were still back on Jackson's Island, they found a house floating by with a dead man in it. Jim quickly covered up his ghastly face to keep Huck from seeing it, but later reveals that the man was none other than Huck...
At first, Huck just wants to climb aboard because Tom Sawyer would have done it: "and I says to myself, Tom Sawyer wouldn't back out now and so I won't either" (81). Inevitably, Huck by acting as Tom Sawyer would have, he proved himself to be courageous. However, this journey of courage, turned into Huck's maturation. ... In addition, although Huck frequently lied, he lied for a cause. ... In conclusion, Huck does show moral maturation throughout the novel. ...
Huck's closest companions, Jim and Tom Sawyer have perhaps more influence on him than any other personalities in the book. Though both are his friends, the effects of Jim and Tom's relationships with Huck almost entirely contradict each other. Because he sees Tom as "civilized", Huck submits to him and allows him to make him less of an individual, whereas Jim's influence ultimately helps Huck learn about humanity and make his own decisions. During the courses of all their "adventures" Huck follows Tom without questioning. ... However, when Huck allows himself to follow Tom,...
