Huckleberry Finn Vs. Tom Sawyer

In the book huckleberry Finn, Mark twain creates two lively characters by the name of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. Huck, being the main character of the book is shown more throughout the book. Yet Tom still shows up adding some contrasting views to what Huck sees. Huck is more a to-the-point type of guy where Tom makes things as elaborate as possible. Huck also experiences a Dynamic change in the middle of the book, while tom stays pretty much the same thought the book.

From the very first Chapters it is prominent that Tom and Huck are best friends, yet they interoperate the world in contrasting ways. It is shown through the quote by Huck, "I sat down one time in the back of the woods and had a long think about it."

In this quote Huck is referring to religion and how he actually took the time to sit down and think about what he has been taught through school and church. Huck decided after all of his thinking about religion, that it is no use and it doesn't really get him anything so there is no need for it. Although this may sounds ignorant of him, it shows that he is smart enough to question the things he has been taught. Tom on the other hand takes everything he is told as if it is true and does not take question to it. This is shown through the quote by Tom, " Because it ain't in the books so-that's why." This shows that tom will do pretty much everything that he is told.

Another main difference between Huck and Tom is the way that they go about certain situations. Huck likes to get the point and do something as efficiently as possible, while Tom likes to do things by the books and make things more complicated then they need to be. Tom also thinks he is doing it the right way by making it more complicated then it needs to be as shown in the quote "'it aint no use to try to learn you nothing Huck. So run along and smooch the knives, three of them.' So I done it." Tom is referring to when Huck and tom are trying to get Jim out of slavery. Tom thinks they need to make everything harder, such as having Jim write in his own blood for a foolish reason just because it say so in the "books." In this situation