Mark Twain 's characters are surprising, unforgettable and truly human.
The character Huckleberry Finn is based on one of Twain's childhood friends.
Twain writes In Huckleberry Finn I have drawn Tom Blankenship exactly as he was.
He was ignorant, unwashed, insufficiently fed; but he had as good a heart as ever any boy had.
His liberties were totally unrestricted.
He was the only really independent person--boy or man--in the community, and by consequence he was t.