Comparing Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn And Tom Sawyer

We are build on the foundation of acceptance and creativity, but yet we always judge the things that are different from us. In order for two people to get along, they don’t exactly have to have the same mindset, but they do indeed have to be open and understanding of the structure and relevance of others. The novel The Adventure of Huck Finn by Mark Twain is about a boy, Huck Finn, who runs away from the unjust laws set by the ignorance of his society. He and a runaway slave travel down the Mississippi River which soon relives the perspective of the young boy who rebels from his society. Huck Finn is a rogue who represents realism. In the beginning of the story, we are introduced to a young boy named Tom Sawyer who is a peer of Huck Finn.Though they are both orphans and crave adventure, they are very contradicting towards one another. Tom Sawyer is a Romantic as for Huck Finn who is Realistic.The story is filled with many symbolic lessons and views which shows that Mark …show more content…
Tom is a romantic as for Huck who is a realist. Huck is an empiric who learns from his mistakes, but Tom takes his mistakes and considers them accomplishments. Throughout the story, we notice that Huck Finn is very aware of his actions, but refuses to stop because he knows that society is only worse.He has a better understanding of his surroundings rather than Tom who is pampered and molded into a narrow minded white southerner. Though Huck knows that Tom 's ideas are way over his head, he does not discourage Tom from performing them. He is very supportive. Both friends have some similarities which bonds the two together, but they are also very contradicting from one another. One does not need to have the same mindset as you to be equal to you, we are born with the right of equality and Tom did not understand that. Life is about becoming one with yourself, not society and Huck Finn acquired