Tom Sawyer Mark Twain

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 Summary
Tom Sawyer is a young boy living with his Aunt Polly on the banks of the Mississippi River. He seems to most enjoy getting into
trouble. After missing school one day (and getting into a fight), Tom is punished with the task of whitewashing a fence.
However, he turns the punishment into a bit of entertainment and tricks other boys to finish the work for him. He convinces
the boys that the chore is a great honor, so he receives small, precious objects in payment.

Around this time, Tom falls in love with a young girl, Becky Thatcher. He suffers under a whirlwind romance and engagement
to her before she shuns him after she hears of Tom's previous engagement to Amy Lawrence. He tries to win Becky back,
but it doesn't go well. She refuses a gift he tries to give her.
Humiliated, Tom runs off and dreams up a plan to run away.

It's around this time that Tom runs into Huckleberry Finn, who would be the titular character in Twain's next and most
acclaimed novel. Huck and Tom agree to meet in the graveyard at midnight to test a scheme to cure warts involving a dead
cat.

It's around this time that Tom runs into Huckleberry

Finn, who would be the titular character in Twain's next and most acclaimed novel. Huck and Tom agree to meet in the
graveyard at midnight to test a scheme to cure warts involving a dead cat.

The boys meet at the graveyard, which brings the novel to its pivotal scene when they witness a murder. Injun Joe kills Dr.
Robinson and tries to blame it on the drunken Muff Porter. Injun Joe is unaware that the boys have seen what he's done.

Afraid of the consequences of this knowledge, he and Huck swear an oath of silence. However, Tom becomes deeply
depressed when Muff goes to jail for Robinson's murder.

After yet another rejection by Becky Thatcher, Tom and Huck run off with their friend Joe Harper. They steal some food
and head to Jackson's Island.
They're not there long before they discover a search party looking for three boys presumed drowned and realize they are
the boys in question.

They play along with the charade for a while and don't reveal themselves until their "funerals,' marching into the church to
the surprise and consternation of their families.

Tom continues his flirtation with Becky with limited success over summer vacation. Eventually, overcome with guilt, he
testifies at the trial of Muff Potter, exonerating him of Robinson's murder.
potter is released, and Injun Joe escapes through a window in the courtroom.

The court case isn't Tom's last encounter with Injun Joe, however. In the final part of the novel, he and Becky (newly
reunited) get lost in one of the caves.
Here, Tom stumbles across his archenemy. Escaping his clutches and finding his way out, Tom manages to alert the
townspeople, who lock up the cave while leaving Injun Joe inside.

Our hero ends up happy, however, as he and Huck discover a box of gold (that once belonged to Injun Joe), and the money is
invested for them. Tom finds happiness and - much to his distress - Huck finds respectability by being adopted.
Characterising Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer, the main character in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by MARK TWAIN, is an eleven to thirteen-year-old
boy, who lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid in St. Petersburg, Missouri.
Tom's mother died when he was younger. Unlike his younger half-brother, Tom is a very lively child, not easy to handle for
Aunt Polly. Tom is more interested in adventures than in going to school. He often stays away from school in order to have
some fun. Quick witted, resourceful, like almost every kid his age, you only have to remember the story of the fence
when Tom convinced all the kids in the district that work is a sacred right and privilege, not a heavy burden. His best
friends are Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn. He was once in love with Emmy Lawrence, but later Rebecca Thatcher
(Becky) took her place in Tom's heart. Tom Sawyer is a restless, funny boy who doesn't like to obey adults and dreams of
becoming as free as his familiar, homeless Huckleberry Finn. When readers are first introducted to Tom, They immediately
recognize his role as a leader, or controlling agent, of the situation. The gang is labeled “Tom Sawyer‘s gang‘‘ because he is
the one that controls the activities and pursuits. Tom's constant barrage of exaggeration, however, contrasts with Huck's
deadpan narration, and Huck can "see no profit" in Tom's methods.

Where Huck is practical, Tom is emotional; where Huck is logical, Tom is extravagant. Despite the fact that readers easily
recognize Tom's ideas as folly, Huck does not question Tom's authority. On the contrary, Huck believes that Tom's
knowledge is above his own, and this includes Tom's attitude toward slavery.

Charakterization Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn is homeless and unschooled. He didn‘t attend School or church. Mothers hated and dreaded him, but the
children all admired and wished they dared be like him. Huck grows up with no real home and is the son of an alcoholic.
The St. Petersburg Newspaper
Friday, January 19, 1865

St. Petersburg, January

23 - The ongoing search
for the children
continues.
Tom Sawyer,
Huckleberry Finn, and
Joe are believed to have
traveled with the raft
since it has disappeared.
After days of
searching, no trace has
been found. But now
the raft has been
sighted miles down the
river without the
children. what happened
to you Did they drown?
The families mourn. The
funeral will take place
on Sunday.
 Vocabulary record sheet

Word Sentence where i found it Other Forms

Aunt Polly Took this as gospel
gospel truth until Sid,…….

Saturday he surveyed the fence, and survey, surveyed, surveyed

surveyed all gladness left him….

He escaped to Cardiff hill, his soul

loneliness torn by lonelines

Caterwauling in the alley raised a

to caterwaul, caterwauled, caterwauled
Caterwaulling neighbour‘s cry of….

ruffian The doctor struck out suddenly ruffian, ruffianly

and knocked the ruffian down

… and were astonished lightning astonish, astonished, astonished

astonished didn‘t strike.

Tom warn‘t bad, aunt Polly was mischievous

mischeevous saying, only mischeevous.

sycamore …. sent the boys under canvas sycamore

under the sycamore tree.