Simbol djetinjstva, snalažljiv, hrabar, ali i sklon nevoljama.
Feeling unloved and oppressed by the world, Tom, Huck, and their friend Joe Harper decided to run away to Jackson’s Island to become pirates. They lived happily on the island for several days, fishing and playing. The town, believing the boys had drowned, planned a funeral. The boys secretly returned and watched their own funeral service from the church gallery, eventually revealing themselves to the ecstatic (and angry) townspeople. tom sojer prepricano po glavama
Tom i Beki prolaze kroz faze svađa i mirenja. U jednom od najpoznatijih trenutaka, Tom preuzima krivicu na sebe kada Beki slučajno pocepa učiteljevu knjigu, čime osvaja njeno srce. Glava 23–30: Suđenje i potraga za blagom The town, believing the boys had drowned, planned a funeral
Kada stvari krenu loše (Beki ga ignoriše, teta Poli ga grdi, a Džo Harper takođe ima problema sa svojom majkom), Tom donosi sudbonosnu odluku: . U jednom od najpoznatijih trenutaka, Tom preuzima krivicu