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. ...

• Word Count: 1203
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Even his best friend Tom Sawyer doesn't accept his individuality. ... "But Tom Sawyer hunted me up, and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I go to the widow and be respectful." Society accepts Tom Sawyer, as long as he appears civilized. In many ways Tom is the exact opposite of Huck. ... The town considers Tom to be the ideal boy. ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One night Huck goes off with Tom Sawyer so they can have a meeting for their group of friends. ... Miss Watson even tells him that there is no way that him and Tom Sawyer will ever go to the "good place", heaven. ...

• Word Count: 1750
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I do not agree with the critics who think the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that documents Huck's attempted initiation into adulthood and full maturity. Instead, I believe it to be a novel that documents Huck's moral progression. Huckleberry Finn undergoes a moral transformation throug...

• Word Count: 838
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

His reason for wanting to defy simple religious morality is practical for him: he wants to be with his friend Tom Sawyer. Huck relays, "I asked her if Tom Sawyer would go [to the good place], and, she said, not by a considerable sight. ...

• Word Count: 2294
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Huck Finn is fresh off of an adventure with his friend Tom Sawyer, both of whom are now six thousand dollars richer. ... Huck's malleability with the widow, the judge, Tom, and most every other character in the novel and inability to make a clear choice for himself in any instance illustrates the intellectual restraints which society places on Huck and which Huck places on himself. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn was written by one of the most exciting author in America, Mark Twain. This book was written around 1885 in which he was recognized by the literary establishment as one of the greatest writers America would ever produce. He also...

• Word Count: 1579
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School