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Throughout Jim’s escape from the Phelps’s house, Mark Twain uses Tom Sawyer as a foil for Huck Finn. Tom is impetuous and only concerned with making every moment of Jim’s escape exciting. He is not concerned with Jim’s freedom but rather with having a good time by helping him run away. Huck on the other hand has very different motives. Huck feels genuine compassion for his friend Jim and wants to see him become free. When Huck first introduces to Tom that he wants to free Jim, Huck is very surprised by Tom’s reaction. Tom is delighted to help him and this shocks Huck. “Well I let go all holts then, like I was shot…only I couldn’t believe it. Tom Sawyer a Nigger-Stealer!” responded Huck. Huck cannot understand why “a boy that was respecta