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. ...
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...
When Huck sneaks away to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends, the boys start a gang and decide that one of the things they will do is kidnap people and hold them for ransom. ... Without a doubt all the boys believe Tom's definition of ransom when he says, "But per"aps if we keep them till they"re ransomed, it means to keep them till they"re dead." ...
When Huck sneaks away to play with Tom Sawyer and his friends, the boys start a gang and decide that one of the things they will do is kidnap people and hold them for ransom. ... Without a doubt all the boys believe Tom's definition of ransom when he says, "But per"aps if we keep them till they"re ransomed, it means to keep them till they"re dead." ...
