Have you ever had a friend that you would travel to the ends of the earth for, and know that they'd do the same for you? A friend that you'd support, no matter what? Well, that's like the friendship of Tom and his comrades Huck and Joe. They stick with each other through thick and thin, and look up to one another. Like brothers, they have their fights, but in the end they realize what fools they've been, and forgive each other. I think Tom is very lucky to have Huck and Joe, and they're lucky to have him, because everyone needs a friend.
Honestly, at times I think Huck and Joe are crazy. They stick with Tom, even when he gets them involved in a murder, drags them away from their life and civilization to a desolate island, gets them lost in a dark, gloomy cave, and brings them into his love life. But then again, isn't that what friends are for? To take with on your adventures and journeys, and help you through your problems?
I believe that Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, knows how important friendship is, and that's one of the reasons why he wrote Tom Sawyer the way he did, with friendship being one of the most important things in the context. He knows that without Tom's friendship with Huck and Joe, the story would be quite dreary. If the main character doesn't have a friend, he would be a lonely, poor fellow, and since Tom Sawyer's overall mode is obviously romance, the main character can't very well be a lonesome chap feeling sorry for himself throughout the entire book. Everybody needs a friend.
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