In 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', what is the name of Tom's girlfriend?

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In “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” Tom’s girlfriend is Becky Thatcher.

Becky is the daughter of Judge Thatcher and a new girl in Tom’s town. Tom is immediately captivated by her, and their childhood romance quickly becomes one of the novel’s central comic subplots. They declare themselves engaged after Tom kisses her, using the serious language of adult romance in a distinctly childish way.

Their relationship becomes strained when Becky learns that Tom had previously been associated with Amy Lawrence. Later, Becky accidentally tears a page in the schoolmaster’s anatomy book, and Tom accepts the punishment to protect her. That act restores her admiration and helps reconcile them.

Readers sometimes confuse Becky with Amy Lawrence, Tom’s earlier romantic interest, or with Huckleberry Finn, Tom’s closest adventurous companion. Becky is also linked to a real person: she was based partly on Laura Hawkins, a childhood acquaintance of Mark Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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