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When it comes to rescuing Jim, Huck and Tom have opposing approaches. Huck has a simple plan to dig Jim out with picks that wouldn't take long at all, but Tom has a complicated scheme that would take weeks and involves multiple tools and steps. Tom wants to do things according to the books that he's read because of the adventures and Huck likes to keep things simple. Huck goes along with Tom's plan, but Tom learns to compromise on some things and just "lets on" that things were a certain way so they both can be happy. Their relationship is one that brothers share and what one is lacking, the other one is there to complete him.
Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer will always be everlasting friends, however, they have very different views on doing things. Toward the end of the book, Jim is captured,and Huck wants to rescue him fast and quiet. On the other hand, Tom Sawyer wants to make this mission as hard, as difficult, and as dangerous as He can make it. For example, Huck Finn wants to simply steal the key and get Jim out in a safe and simple manner. On the contrary, Tom Sawyer wants to spend days digging a hole under Jim's cell, steal objects that they might need, which was unnecessary, and dress Jim up like a woman in order to escape. Huck Finn decides to go on with Tom Sawyer's plans. True friendship is doing things the other person's way sometimes, just to show how much you are about them and their opinions. Their friendship is an unbreakable bond.
Brittney P.
I find the friendship between the two boys to be particularly unique due to the way that Huck Finn seems to almost idolize Tom Sawyer. Throughout the book he repeatedly mentions how he wishes Tom was there because "Nobody could spread himself like Tom Sawyer...". Likewise, when the boys are reunited towards the end of the novel and begin to plot to help Jim escape, Huck Finn always allows Tom Sawyer to do things his way, regardless of whether he agrees with the plan or not. This highlights the differences between the boys beyond the obvious romanticist and realist aspect; it showcases a leader and follower relationship between the two as well. Catherine A.
As best friends Huck and Tom are reunited in chapter 33, Mark Twain exemplifies contrasting views on a situation the two boys face. Huck confides in Tom that he wants to “steal” Jim back. Afraid of what his friend will think of him, Huck adds that Tom will “say that it’s a dirty low-down business”; however, Huck is still willing to do it, anyway, and Tom should not tell anyone of the “low-down” crime. Tom replies, “I’ll help you steal him!”, and this surprises Huck. “Tom Sawyer fell, considerable, in [Huck’s] estimation… Tom Sawyer a …stealer!” In saying this, Huck shows that in this situation he is ashamed of his friend who thinks of the situation as more of an adventure. Also, Huck is more conscientious about stealing than his carefree friend. In their relationship, Huck is realistic and acts as a conscience, and he cannot get through to his wild, outrageous friend. In a way, they balance each other out. Throughout the book, Huck even admits to wishing Tom was with him because he appears to be more educated with his book reading and makes everything more interesting. Tom is more of a leader of the two because he is demanding, and Huck, although skeptical of Tom’s schemes at times, is willing to follow as Tom takes charge of planning how they will free Jim.
- Hannah S.
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