In Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain created a character who exemplifies freedom within, and from, American society. Huck lives on the margins of society because ...

Where Huck is practical, Tom is emotional; where Huck is logical, Tom is extravagant. Despite the fact that readers easily recognize Tom's ideas as folly, Huck ...

Tom is thus the perfect foil for Huck: his rigid adherence to rules and precepts contrasts with Huck's tendency to question authority and think for himself.

Character Analysis Huck Finn. The adults look upon Huck Finn as a disgrace and as a bad influence upon their sons and daughters. The youngsters look ...

Huckleberry was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle, and lawless, and vulgar and bad—and because all their children ...

Read a Huckleberry Finn character analysis: In Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn represents freedom, both inside American society and from American society.

Tom Sawyer is a foil character to Huck's development and serves as the embodiment of the ideas that Huck eventually outgrows. Pap Finn is Huckleberry's abusive ...

Tom is a natural leader, and Huck and the other boys easily follow his crazy plans. With his flair for the dramatic, pretty much all of his schemes are a little ... Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn · Natural Leader

Tom Sawyer Character Analysis ... Tom is Huck's childhood friend, a boy from a respectable family who is both bright and learned; he is also a seasoned prankster.