Comparison of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer

kes a plan before doing anything, as shown when he comes to the Phelps's farm and tells us: "I went right along, not fixing up any particular plan, but just trusting to Providence to put the right words in my mouth when the time come" (277). Huck admires Tom's level head and planning ability and shows this when they both need to come up with a plan for getting Jim free. He tells us: "I went to thinking out a plan, but only just to be doing something: I knowed very well wh!
             ere the right plan was going to come from"(292).
             Tom is a "sivilized" person who has read many books and attended school for years. These books contribute greatly to his complex schemes, because most of his ideas come right out of them. Huck is just learning how to read, so he has not yet had the privilege of learning all Tom has. Huck has also not attended school regularly so he lives in a fairly small world. This is why his imagination is not like Tom's and also why he so admires Tom's plans. Tom a
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