of his heroic stories and every nigger wanted to be
             like Jim. Jim was also very superstitious, especially in chapter eight when Jim
             talks about all of his superstitions, like counting the things for dinner and
             telling the bees that their owner had just died. All of this supposedly brought
             bad luck. Tom Sawyer was also a very influential character to the story. He
             was the one who came up with all the solutions for things, which eventually
             made more 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) ...