In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the protagonist Huckleberry Finn travels on the river on his raft and comes to different places where he meets different characters. One of the characters that he has known before but meets later on is Tom Sawyer. Although they are good friends, Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer have different qualities.

With the absence of his father, Huck has been taking care of himself most of the time. Although the Widow Douglas tries to take Huck in and teach him manners, Huck does not want to. Huck is more mature and is concerned about how actions will affect people. He knows morally what is right and wrong. When the duke and dauphin were impersonating the relatives of Peter Wilks to get money, Huck was very disturbed. In contrast, Tom has been brought up properly but plays pranks on people and...