Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are two very adventurous boys. Huck and Tom are similar, but there are many more differences between them. Tom is one who thinks things should be done a certain way, a traditional way. However, Huck feels like things can be done in a practical way. Tom is the idealist while Huck is the pragmatist. This is seen countless times as Huck and Tom try and free Jim. Tom runs on his own agenda. Tom knows all along that Jim is a free slave, but doesn’t tell Huck because that would ruin all of the fun (Twain 296). Huck didn’t know this and just followed what Tom said. Huck could have freed Jim the first night, but is loyal to Tom and always follows him. In this section Tom is seen as the leader and Huck the follower. Huck refers
