Question

describe the stranger tom meets in the beginning (In adventures of Tom Sawyer)

Answer 1

The stranger is Jim who is the other major character in the novel and controversial figure in American literature.

Answer 2

The Stranger is 'Old Scratch' or the Devil.

Tom thoughts that the stranger was neither Negro nor Indian. He was dressed in rude,half Indian garb, and had a red belt which rounded his body. But his face was neither black nor copper colour. He had a shock of coarse black hair, that stood out from his head in all directions and bore an axe on his shoulder.

He scowled for a moment at Tom with a pair of great red eyes.