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 …showed first 75 words of 533 total…

…showed last 75 words of 533 total…Tom are very realistic characters who show morality, maturity, and the meaning of friendship. The way these characters show their social and moral status is their reaction to one another as well as the adventure at hand. Huck surpasses Tom because he cares for human beings, especially Jim. Although Tom is considered the most "noble," according to social class, Jim is the most "noble" according to his integrity and morality, and the reader knows it.