they have been made out to be.
Huck's education and his mode of learning is based on reality--he sees the world as it is presented to him and makes his decisions based on an understanding of human nature and his own innate sense of right and wrong. Tom, on the other hand, tries again and again to shape the world into the romantic notion he has derived from adventure novels. Huck is straightforward when left to his own devices, while Tom is devious for the sake of being devious. Tom is also punished for his transgressions by being shot in the leg, though characteristically he does not view this as punishment but as romantic vindication. Tom keeps certain knowledge to himself, which Huck would not do. He does not tell Huck that his father is dead, and he does not tell Jim that he was freed when Miss Watson died and left him a mention in
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