A Character Analysis of Tom Driscoll In Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, the story of two boys, who were switched at early childhood, is told. One of these boys, Tom Driscoll, displays many characteristics in the novel. Tom shows how he is rude and a liar, but he also exhibits his ability to change his ways. From his childhood to his later years, it was evident that Tom Driscoll was a rude character. For …showed first 75 words of 736 total…

…showed last 75 words of 736 total…from his will. Tom Driscoll stated “… I’ll never touch another card again. Anyway, I won’t while he [his uncle] lives, I make an oath to that.” (75). Tom Driscoll lived a life of sin, from lying to stealing. However, one can see that he is able to change, but it takes quite an incentive or something so strong as to “wake up a sort of echo in his conscience” in order to do so (45).