Huck Finn Research Paper

In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain we see two characters with very different perspective of the world. We have Huck the realist in the story and Tom Sawyer who represents the romantic. Twain showcases both styles of writing very well in the story, but you get a sense he does not particularly like romanticism. Tom throughout the story is living in a fantasy that often get him in trouble and causes Huck a lot of problems. Another way to describe Huck is practical and Tom can be seen as completely emotional. Lets just say whatever way you think of Tom think of the complete opposite and you get Huck. Tom makes his mark as a leading character from the very beginning of the story. Tom was an avid reader and he liked to imagine …show more content…
He is a realist and likes to think practically. Based on Huck's tough upbringing he has no way to connect to Tom's romantic views of the world. Huck who basically was on his own his entire life and did not have a good support system or really anyone who cared for him most of his life, bases his way of thinking on his need to survive. Huck’s survivor instinct has created a mindset that likes to clearly think through everything. He has not had the chances to read books and have the luxuries Tom has had so in turn he has become the realist that he is. Huck has not been given the life required for one to have a romantic view on the …show more content…
Twain uses Tom throughout the story to show how ridiculous the romantic mind is. We can see as the story goes on Twain is drifting further and further away from Tom’s Romanticism and getter deeper into Huck’s realism. This leads us to believe Twain may have not been the biggest fan of the romantic style of Tom and was a bigger fan of the realist Huck. Another reason we can see Twain was a realist and not a romantic is the big issue of the time that he covered in this story. By talking about issues like slavery and cruelty to your fellow man. We see Twain covering topics a romantic would