Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are not the only children in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but they are the two that the reader sees the most. At the beginning of the book, Huck and Tom are good friends, but readers learn early on that their personalities are as different as they come. The children have similarities, however, which helps them maintain a sometimes awkward friendship. The two boys are like two sides of the same coin; although they are both extremely childish - with good reason - and rather mischievous, they have difficulty seeing other people's points of view, and their different upbringings have led to personalities that clash easily and often when they are together. Huck and Tom have different opinions. on many topics, one of the most obvious being their opinion on the rules and whether they should follow them. Huck was raised as a maverick and rebel by his father, Pap, the town drunk who tried to choke his son at every opportunity. Tom, on the other hand, grew up in a kind, middle-class family who taught him how to function well in society. Although both are experienced in civility - Tom was raised that way and Huck lives for a time with the Widow Douglass - they also enjoy their little game of rebellion with the gang of thieves. This game is the first time we see how different the boys really are when it comes to following the rules. Even when it comes to thieves, Tom insists that the group must follow the rules laid out in his adventure novels. His strict adherence to rules and guidelines contrasts with Huck's tendency to question everything he has been taught in order to think for himself and also leads Tom to shocking and often stupid acts of villainy. Huck breaks middle of paper......uckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are essentially opposites. Their views on civilization and rules, imagination and control are so different that the two function as perfect reflections of each other. When Mark Twain wrote Huck Finn, he wanted a story that would make people take a closer look at what society was doing to a younger generation. The characters of Tom and Huck were carried over from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, a much lighter and funnier novel, but one that still worked to make its point. Twain wanted to show that people raised to be good citizens like Tom grew up to be selfish, cruel brats, and that someone like Huck, who just wanted to help, learned that doing so would send him to hell. Between the two characters, it's easy to see which boy Mark Twain wants people to be more like, and his Huck movie with Tom makes it even more obvious..