Many adjectives can have different degrees. By this I mean that something can have more or less of an adjective's quality. For instance, you may find the weather in California to be hot, Tahiti's weather to be hotter, and the Sahara Desert's to be the hottest. California is hot.
From Neverpedia. Jack Banning is the son of Peter Banning in the film Hook. He is played by Charlie Korsmo. He and his sister Maggie are kidnapped by Captain Hook, who uses them as bait to draw Peter back to Neverland where Hook plans to kill him.
After Tom plays hooky from school, he is made to whitewash Aunt Polly's fence as punishment, but persuades his friends to do it for him. Tom's real trouble begins when he and Huck Finn witness a murder committed by Injun Joe. They swear to never tell, and the wrong man, Muff Potter, is accused of the crime.