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- Joseph "Joe" Harper is one of Tom's best friends. He joins Tom and Huck as a pirate when they run away from home to Jacksons Island. He makes a few other small appearances in the novel, including playing Robin Hood in the woods and getting caught not paying attention in class with Tom, and Joe also plays war with Tom.
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Tom knows all along that Miss Watson has died and that Jim is now a free man, yet he is willing to allow Jim to remain a captive while he entertains himself with fantastic escape plans. Tom’s plotting tortures not only Jim, but Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas as well.
- Summary—Chapter 30: Tom and Becky in The Cave
- Summary—Chapter 31: Found and Lost Again
- Summary—Chapter 32: “Turn Out! They’Re Found!"
- Analysis—Chapters 30–32
The next morning, a Sunday, Huck creeps to the Welshman’s house and learns that the whole town is out looking for the deaf and mute Spaniard and his companion—both of whom the old man and his sons chased away the night before. (The Welshman does not yet know the Spaniard’s true identity.) Huck then describes how he followed the intruders the previo...
The story returns to Tom and Becky on the day of the picnic. They wander away from the larger group, exploring and using smoke to make marks on the walls so that they can find their way back. Eventually, they come to a large room filled with bats, and the bats attack them and chase them into unknown passages. After escaping the bats, they realize h...
Tuesday night arrives, and Tom and Becky still have not been found. Only Judge Thatcher and a few companions continue searching the cave. Then, in the middle of the night, news arrives that the children have turned up, and St. Petersburg celebrates. The children are taken to the Thatcher house, where a weakened Tom describes their escape. The kite ...
At the end of Chapter 29, the novel seems to be moving toward a final confrontation at the Widow Douglas’s house, but that resolution is thwarted when the Welshman chases off Injun Joe. Twain also removes Huck from the action by having him get sick. This temporary elimination of two main characters leaves the novel’s focus on Tom and Becky, lost in...
Huck is more independent than Tom and has more experience of real life because of his tough upbringing, but Huck is in awe of Tom's knowledge of books (not knowing how incorrect Tom's "knowledge" often is) and therefore follows Tom's lead.
Huck usually defers to Tom, especially when it comes to the particulars of being a pirate or a robber. He trusts Tom and, as in the case of Muff Potter, is willing to make – and keep – a promise with him.
Summary. There comes a time in every boy's life when he feels the need to dig for buried treasure. Feeling this need, Tom tries to round up his companions but can find only Huck Finn, who is available for any adventure. Tom explains in detail all the distinctions and subtleties of finding buried treasures--mysterious maps and instructions ...
As Tom envies Huck's lifestyle, Huck admires Tom's book-learning and sees Tom as a standard of civilized behavior. When Tom explains how pirates dress, Huck doesn't question his knowledge. Just as the other boys do, Huck admires Tom and willingly follows him.
The plot of the buried treasure continues to occupy Huck and Tom. Again, Tom's character stands in contrast to Huck's: Tom treats the whole adventure as a fanciful dream such as he often has. Huck however does not dream of the treasure but more realistically, he thinks of Injun Joe's killing them.
