Friendship and Betrayal in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Throughout the novel Huck experiences different types of friendships from Tom Sawyer, who is just about the complete opposite a person can be from Huck too Jim who is in a similar situation and yet in a completely different world.  One of the best examples of Huck’s friendship is his experience with Jim when they came across a dead body and Jim covered it with a sheet and would not let him see it which was to shielded Huck from as much as he could, to try to protect his innocence.  Huck also has experienced betrayal throughout his entire life even before when the novel begins.  His father, Pap has abused Huck throughout his life (which he can no longer do) that has affected the way Huck has grown up and thinks.  An example of this is how whenever Huck meets strangers he never tells any factual information about himself and goes under as a false identity and backstory.  This is the opposite of Tom who is strictly book smart as appose to Huck who is street smart.  Because Tom is book smart he would not be able to survive what Huck endures, Tom would not be able to instantaneously think of a name and back-story and have it flow so smoothly as though it were real like Huck can.  This is due to practice from previous actions that is the result of being a son of a... town drunk.