Which difference between huck finn and tom sawyer is most essential for readers to understand when analyzing how their interactions affect the plot in the adventures of huckleberry finn? huck finn responds to life from a perspective of poverty while tom sawyer reacts with expectations of middle class entitlement. huck finn is indifferent about joining in with friends’ pursuits while tom sawyer enacts romantic fantasies about chivalry at every opportunity. huck finn sees adventures as problems to be solved while tom sawyer treats them like familiar childhood stories. huck finn plays hooky because it is acceptable in his family while tom sawyer rebels against his family’s respectability.