The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered the greatest American novel ever written. This feat was achieved by depicting real life situations as well as characters, to get the reader emotionally involved with the novel. Mark Twain's characters are realistic, and, as a result, the reader instantly becomes interested. Twain represents many things through his three major characters, Tom, Huck, and Jim: morality, maturity, and friendship.
Tom is considered the most "noble" of these three characters, as he is the most educated, wealthy, and well mannered. He may have been brought up…
