Tom and Huck have a relationship built on mutual respect. They both respect the other to the point of envy. 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. We are told that Tom loves Huck's carefree ways and the fact that he does not have to answer to anyone. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck tells us: "If I had Tom Sawyer's head, I wouldn't trade if off to be a duke, nor mate of a steamboat, nor clown in a circus, nor nothing I can think of" (91). Huck

Tom has lived in a house and in a town his whole life, while Huck has spent lots of time in the wilderness and has only recently started living with the widow Douglas. This has caused Tom to develop in ways that Huck has not. Living around other people has caused Tom to become conscious of what they think of him. He shows this when he and Huck are trying to rescue Jim, and they are failing with caseknives. Tom finally cannot stand the small tools a second longer and tells Huck: "I'll tell you. It ain't right, and it ain't moral, and I wouldn't like it to get out - but there ain't only just the one way: we got to dig him out with the picks and let on it's caseknives"(307). Tom thinks it is not right and moral because he has read about people digging with caseknives, and he feels that going against the norm is wrong. His insistence on letting on that it is the caseknives being used shows how much he cares about what others think. Huck has lived a relatively solitary exi!

When we are first introduced to Tom, he is outside Huck's window me-yowing, a signal for Huck to come outside. Tom is "in the dark, amongst the trees" (5) when he me-yows, and Huck turns off his lantern as he goes out. The fact that Tom is introduced in the dark shows that he is a rather mischievous character and the putting out of Huck's light shows that Huck turns away from his good morals in order to go with the rascal. Twain also shows this when Tom desires to play a trick on Jim. Huck does not want to participate in the prank, and tries to convince Tom drop it.

Tom Sawyer is a very meticulous person. Before doing anything, Tom always makes a plan, looking at all his options. He truly embodies the motto he writes on Jim's coat of arms; "Maggiore fretta, minore alto ... means, the more haste, the less speed" (332). Huck, on the other hand is not a meticulous person. On the back cover we read a quote from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer which tells us: "Huck waited for no particulars. He sprung away and sped down the hill as fast as his legs could carry him". He never makes a plan before doing anything, as shown when he comes to the Phelps's farm and tells us: "I went right along, not fixing up any particular plan, but just trusting to Providence to put the right words in my mouth when the time come" (277). Huck admires Tom's level head and planning ability and shows this when they both need to come up with a plan for getting Jim free. He tells us: "I went to thinking out a plan, but only just to be doing something: I knowed very well wh!

Throughout the novel, Huck slowly awakens to the idea that slavery is wrong. We see his treatment of Jim steadily improve as the two spend more and more time together. Huck sees all that Jim does for

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