Mark Twain's Imagination In the 1885 classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, two boys distinctly separate imagination from reality. Mark Twain has Huck Finn represent reality while his best friend, Tom Sawyer, represents imagination. In a Mississippi River community Twain makes sure that Tom and Huck differ so the strict separation of imagination and reality is identified. Huck Finn takes ideas and theories of his own and imagines what Tom would do before he acts. Tom's …showed first 75 words of 841 total…

…showed last 75 words of 841 total…Education is not taught by the books." This is true because of the adventures he has Huck, Tom and Jim take. On their journey the trio learns many valuable lessons in life. Only if every one could learn these lessons there would be much more understanding between people and the consequences reality causes them to suffer. In conclusion, Tom and Huck represent imagination and reality not by who they are, but by how they differ.