ore of a disaster. But that is because he followed stories too much. For instance, in chapter 35, Jim is captured and Tom tries the most original and hardest way to get him out, thus creating more of a catastrophe. Tom is also a big liar. He tries to tell Huck about rubbing a tin lamp and making a genie appear. He also lies about his identity to his aunt, but Huck was also a big liar in that situation as well. One of the biggest characteristics Tom had was that he was too egotistic and did not listen to anyone's ideas. For example, in trying to free Jim, Tom does not listen to any of Huck's ideas to get Jim out and just does it his own way.
             Around the middle of the story, Huck was passing along a "crick" when he saw two men, of whom he would soon meet. One of the men looked to be around thirty years old and told Huck and Jim that he was the Duke of Bridgewater. However, not until about the end of the novel did Huck and Jim find out that this man was just a fraud, like everything else in his life. For instance, the duke, Huck, Jim, and the king (also the other man) had begun an adventure on a river to nearby towns to fraud people and earn of money. On of the first scams was a Shakespeare show in which the duke and king had presented. The crowd was outraged in the play's performance and disliked it very much, especially when Colonel Sherburn shot the man and the play was stopped. But since the duke was skilled in printing, he persuaded the crowd to not tell the town about the play so that other people could come and spend money to see the duke and king perform.
             The king, also like the duke, was a big fraud and lied about almost everything. Out of the three nights that the Shakespeare performance was held, the duke and king had made around 465 dollars. Despite the king's earnings and lying, he proved to be very pious and concerned, especially when he meets Mary Jane and grieves wit...