Despite showing two different behaviors, the author highlights Tom’s over the other children’s. It seems like the obedient, responsible, and submitted boy is not really attractive to him. On the contrary, a messy, clever, funny boy who would often take advantage of others sounded like a charming character to Mark Twain. He portrays childhood through Tom as an opportunity to discover, avoid that which one does not enjoy, and look for that which one is fond of.
The author describes the regular child in
the character of Sid. Drawing the reader’s attention to this sweet and very naive
boy, who’s sometimes another victim of Tom who takes revenge in a point of the
story.
