# Ben Rogers — The Adventures of Tom Sawyer character guide

> Ben Rogers in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Benjamin Rogers, Benny

**First appearance:** 0003-ii-the-glorious-whitewasher

## Who they are

Boy who Tom tricks into whitewashing the fence.

## Relationships

### [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer)

_friendship_

Ben is a fellow boy in town who admires Tom and joins in his schemes, including the famous whitewashing trick.

### [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer)

_friendship_

Ben is a fellow boy in town who admires Tom and joins in his schemes, including the famous whitewashing trick.

### [Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/characters/tom_sawyer)

_friendship_

Ben is a fellow boy in town who admires Tom and joins in his schemes, including the famous whitewashing trick.

## In the story

### [The Adventures of Tom Sawyer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/the-adventures-of-tom-sawyer)

A boy who is tricked by Tom into whitewashing the fence, believing it to be a privilege.

### [Tom Plays, Fights, and Hides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/i-tom-plays-fights-and-hides)

Ben is the well-dressed new boy who fights with Tom.

### [The Glorious Whitewasher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/ii-the-glorious-whitewasher)

Ben arrives pretending to be a steamboat and is the first boy tricked by Tom into whitewashing, trading his apple for the privilege.

### [Huck Finn Quotes Scriptures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/xxii-huck-finn-quotes-scriptures)

Found visiting the poor with a basket of tracts during the revival.

### [Seeking the Buried Treasure](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/xxv-seeking-the-buried-treasure)

Mentioned as Tom's second choice for a partner, but he has gone fishing.

### [XXVIII: In the Lair of Injun Joe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tom_sawyer_se/chapters/xxviii-in-the-lair-of-injun-joe)

Mentioned as the owner of the hayloft where Huck sleeps.

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