Tom Sawyer Gilded Age Analysis

Through the time period of the Gilded Age there are many tough times that a child would go through while becoming an adult. The children would go through ups and downs as well as good and bad ideas to make their way to adulthood and becoming someone who can look and take care of a family. Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, demonstrates the gilded age best through its theme of friendship, motif of crime, and symbol of the treasure. Throughout the novel there is evidence that Huck and Tom use each other to see the bright side in their troubled lives. They have many adventures that prove that their companionship is necessary for them to find happiness. “The boys see each other as they want to be seen, and together they create an exciting world of intrigue and adventure” (Napierkowski). “Huckleberry was cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers of the town, because he was idle, and lawless, and vulgar and bad—and because all their children admired him so, and delighted in his forbidden society, and wished they dared to be like him” (Twain 64). The people …show more content…
“Tom also cares about Huck, concerned that he is alone in the world” (Napierkowski). "Huck Finn's wealth, and the fact that he was under the Widow Douglas’ protection, introduced him into society - no, dragged him into it, hurled him into it - and his sufferings were almost more than he could bear " (Twain 270). This was because Huck was suffering while trying to convert back to civilized life. Tom felt very bad and did everything he could do to make him convert easily, but Huck just was having a hard time with it. During this time the people who were outcasts had a very hard time to comprehend the lifestyles of the time. During the time if someone was to try and come back to society it was not only hard but it made the person go past the braking point and could not