Becky Thatcher, the daughter of Judge Thatcher, is the new girl in town. Tom falls for Becky instantly in an innocent and childlike version of “love at first sight,” and he spends the rest of the novel courting her favor. Becky’s role in the novel can be attributed to the text’s genre.

Becky is the daughter of Judge Thatcher, and she is known for her love interest with Tom Sawyer. Her long blonde hair is always worn in braids. She wins Tom's love from the first moment he sees her. When Becky first encounters Tom, she gives him a pansy to show her love.

Becky is very pretty, proud, and jealous, and she seems to appreciate Tom's devotion only after he allows himself to be punished in her stead. When she and Tom are lost in the cave, however, we see that she is not strictly a static character, that is one who never changes.

As the daughter of Judge Thatcher, Becky is a privileged girl, prissy and slightly spoiled—a worthy challenger to Tom when it comes to conniving to get her way. The The Adventures of Tom Sawyer quotes below are all either spoken by Becky Thatcher or refer to Becky Thatcher.

Becky Thatcher is Tom's love interest. Tom is obsessed with her. Heck, he starts to "'show off' in all sorts of absurd and foolish ways," from the moment he sees her (1.12).

Tom falls in love with Becky Thatcher, a girl who is new in town. Tom wins the admiration of her father, the prominent Judge Thatcher, in the church by obtaining the Bible as a prize, but reveals his ignorance when he cannot answer basic questions about Scripture. Tom pursues Becky, eventually persuading her to get "engaged" by kissing her.

Tom and Becky remain lost. The story returns to Tom and Becky on the day of the picnic. They wander away from the larger group, exploring and using smoke to make marks on the walls so that they can find their way back. Eventually, they come to a large room filled with bats, and the bats attack them and chase them into unknown passages.

Tom sees Becky outside of Jeff Thatcher's house and is immediately struck by her beauty. He attempts to gain her attention. Just before she goes inside, she throws a flower to Tom. Becky shows up at Sunday school with her parents, and watches Tom make a fool of himself.

Becky Thatcher: Tom's love interest and the judge's daughter. Becky is new to town and becomes the object of Tom's affections. ... His presence creates much of the danger and suspense in the story. Sid Sawyer: Tom's half-brother. Sid is well-behaved and often tattles on Tom, serving as a foil to highlight Tom's mischievous nature.

Becky Thatcher, the leading lady in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, is the wealthy young love interest of Tom Sawyer. Becky is first introduced on the porch of her father Judge Thatcher's house. Placed on figurative pedestal, the porch of a large white house, Becky represents the unattainable aristocratic woman.