Early in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn sneaks out of his home where he meets his longtime friend Tom Sawyer. They, and several other boys, form a band of robbers called "Tom Sawyer's Gang".
"So Tom got out a sheet of paper that he had wrote the oath on, and read it. It swore every boy to stick to the band and never tell any of its secrets" (Twain 8).The boys make their way to a cave, and it becomes clear that they are not really a band of murderous criminals as they may think. Tom Sawyer suggests that the gang "randsomed" people from their cave; however, none of the boys seem to know what the word ransom means. The boys also showed that they have some reverence for religion.
"Ben Rodgers said he couldn't get out much, only Sundays, and so he wanted to begin next Sunday; but all the boys said that it would be wicked to do it on Sunday, and that settled the thing" (p 10).The Tom Sawyer Gang only stays together for a few months, they realize that their is not much purpose in the gang.
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