Tom Sawyer may be educated, but the question to ask is has he learned anything useful from it? ... This conclusion insinuates that Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are merely complete opposites. ... Tom Sawyer, upper class and uninhibited in the realization of his every random desire, constantly found himself flirting with his own mortality on a regular basis. Tom Sawyer could read. ... Sawyer lived without restraint consequence or obligation. ...

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The Oppression of the "Others" In the last five chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn are still fooling Aunt Sally about their true identities. ... Is what Tom Sawyer states when asked why he freed an already free slave. ... Her only use is to be easily manipulated by both Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. ... Jim makes no attempt to be the brains of any little "adventure" or scheme that Tom Sawyer devises. ... Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer life, cheat, and steal with no regard to how the other person might feel or react. ...

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Huck's closest companions, Jim and Tom Sawyer have perhaps more influence on him than any other personalities in the book. ... During the courses of all their "adventures" Huck follows Tom without questioning. ... He is both admiring and envious of Tom's cultured background. Because of this, he automatically assumes that Tom is never wrong. ... However, when Huck allows himself to follow Tom, they spend their time playing Tom's romantic games instead of doing what has to be done. ...

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An example of this is in chapter thirty-three when Huck runs into the ever-scheming Tom Sawyer. Tom says, " "What! ... Tom wanted to go about getting Jim out by making the situation as difficult as possible, an example of this is in chapter thirty-four when Tom said "That's more LIKE," he says. ... Tom found many ways to elongated Jim's stay in slavery, whether it was making rope ladders or putting rats in his living quarters, Tom definitely made Jim's situation worse than it already was. ... In conclusion Tom made Jim's stay in slavery elongated for superfluous reasons....

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Twain uses Tom Sawyer's childish ideas to show how it affects Huck's morals. ... As Tom tries to adapt his life and others to the books he has read, Tom had led his friends (Tom Sawyer's Gang) towards immoral activities such as piracy and murder. ... Do you reckon Tom Sawyer would ever go by this thing?... I wish Tom Sawyer was here" (79). ... He then decided to make a letter to Tom Sawyer to tell Miss Watson Jim's location so that Jim can be near with his family. ...

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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. ...

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Huck is also different from other boys, such as Tom Sawyer, because he is realistic. ... When he escapes from pap he says, " I did wish Tom Sawyer was there; I knowed he would take on interest in this kind of business, and throw in the fancy touches. Nobody could spread himself like Tom Sawyer in such a thing as that" (Twain 33). Tom's plan would probably be more detailed and creative, but it would also take longer and possibly fail. ...

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He instead reveres the young Tom Sawyer, because Tom must be better than him. Although Huck frequently questions Tom, he often goes along simply because he feels that Tom must be right. Tom is a very imaginative child. ... Tom has read many adventure and fantasy books. ... Huck becomes disillusioned with Tom after this, although he still respects him a great deal. ...

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When he arrives at the house the Phelps family thinks he is their cousin, Tom Sawyer (also Huck's best friend) who is coming to stay with them. ... He finds the real Tom and tells him the situation and they plan to help Jim escape. ... Another flaw is that the story turns to a different purpose when Tom Sawyer (who we learned in the beginning of the book isn't like Huck in the that Tom is more of a dreamer, and likes to play games and hasn't done anything as serious as Huck has), shows up. ... Tom doesn't listen when Jim says he doesn't want to do these things; he...

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Huck's suspicions are confirmed when he discovers that Tom knew Jim was free and was risking Jim's life for his own enjoyment. ... Tom Sawyer, another figure from along the path, is a character who is introduced for Huck to see a typical boy of his age who has been influenced by society. ...

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When Huck sees Tom Sawyer and explains that he is not dead, Huck states, ". . . so I hit him where he lived," showing their excitement. It has to seem obscene to Tom that his friend is alive, but he is finally convinced because he believes in their friendship. Huck goes on to explain that his real reason for seeing Tom is to steal Jim, at which point Tom's eyes are described as "lighting up." ... Tom's eyes "light up" because he, too, wants to help his own best friend - Huck. ... Tom does not really know Jim, so he is risking a lot because of his feelings for Huck. ...

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Twain shows through Tom Sawyer's Gang how society breeds greed with the gang's ideals derived from books and from the gang's promise to rob and kill. When Tom is asked where he thought of the oath, he replies that he got it out, "of pirate-books and robber-books, and every gang that was high toned had it" (6). This shows that Tom and the others are under such an influence from society that they would take a band of children and try to turn it into a gang of robbers and murderers. Tom states, "We are highwaymen. ... Society has instilled such feelings of greed into Tom and the ot...

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Towards the end of the novel, when Tom Sawyer has been shot while carrying out a plan to free Jim from his captivity, Jim delays his freedom by insisting that Tom be treated by a doctor first. He could easily escape, but he stays by Tom Sawyer's side when the doctor arrives. ...

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In the beginning of the story, Huck sneaks away from his home to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends. ... Tom has a theory as to the meaning of the word, But per'aps if we keep them till they're ransomed, it means that we keep them till they're dead.(12) Without any doubts, all of the boys agree with this meaning of the word. ...

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Through her father's trial with Tom Robinson, Scout learns, along with Jem, that what society deems appropriate isn't always correct. Even though Scout had her doubts about Tom Robinson's charges being dropped at all, she was still crushed by the fact that the entire jury would vote against him. ... Tom Sawyer can be seen as "Jem" in Huck's life: the older, more learned, best friend but practically a brother. Except that Tom's learnedness gets the better of his romantic side and leads him to be rather childish at times. ...

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By: Mark Twain Summary: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a counter part to another tale, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain and published in 1885. ...

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Instead, Tom and Huck try to free Jim, and Tom is shot in the leg during the attempt. Falling Action- When Aunt Polly arrives at the Phelps farm and correctly identifies Tom and Huck, Tom reveals that Miss Watson died two months earlier and freed Jim in her will. ... -Tom Sawyer: Huck's friend he is imaginative, dominating, and is known for his wild plans. Tom is everything that Huck is not. Tom's stubborn confidence on the authorities leads him to acts of unbelievable foolishness and shocking cruelty. ...

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The easiest person to act out was Tom Sawyer. ... Huck didn't have to lie for Tom, but live through his life instead. ... Unlike Tom, Huck was able to escape the fairy tale world of fallacies and falsehoods. ...

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Towards the end of the story, Huck and Tom execute a risky rescue of Jim from captivity at the home of the Phelps. ... Tom receives a bullet in the leg. ... Later, Tom is carried home on a mattress accompanied by the doctor and a group of people who have Jim in chains. They learn of how Jim has sacrificed his freedom in order to help nurse Tom. ... What makes Jim's sacrifice even more noble and moral is that Tom Sawyer, who cost him his freedom, temporarily, used Jim as a pawn in another one of his imaginary adventures to satiate his childish dreams. ...

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Huck reverts right back to his old friend Tom Sawyer as he creates an elaborate plan to free Jim. Huck decides Tom's plan "would make Jim just as free a man as mine would, and maybe get us all killed besides."" ...

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The Importance of Friendship Friendship begins when we put ourselves in a situation to help someone else. With the events in the United States in the past two weeks, friendship and its importance has proven to be a binding factor in all that has happened since our great tragedy. Americans have...

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In, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry's relationship with his father is not a very stable one. Huck's father does not want him to persevere with his education and sophistication since he himself does not have very much of the two. As a result of his insecurities, he takes his dissat...

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What is survival? According to the dictionary it is "living or continuing longer than another person or thing". To some people it means passing a test or winning a race or a game. But to Huck Finn it meant just getting though the day. Huck had to face many obstacles in his journeys, the three that y...

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Critics suggest that there is a somewhat dysfunctional relationship between young males and their "supposed" positive role models. I somewhat agree with this statement; however I do see some exceptions. For example, a positive role model to Huckleberry Finn is Jim, a runaway nigger servant he befr...

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Toward the end of the book, we meet Tom Sawyer one of Huck's good friends. It is easy to see that Tom is the perfect example of what a self-centered person in society was like. Tom knew that Jim was a free man but insisted on keeping him so that he could rescue him like they did in the novels he read about. ... Tom was brought up to believe the way the rest of society did, but Huck's views were complete opposite and this is what made him such an appealing individual to watch grow and break from what everyone else believed was right. Mark Twain used Tom to show us just how much di...

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