Bad Decisions In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

This young boy’s name is Huckleberry Finn, and he is brave and yearning for adventure. He begins the story with a newly acquired fortune, but goes back to living in rags and in a barrel. Huckleberry is convinced by his best friend, Tom Sawyer, to go back to living with “The Widow” so that he can join Tom’s newly created band of robbers. The Widow Douglas is a woman who takes Huckleberry as her son and does her best to “sivilize” him: teaching him how to behave and forcing him to go to school. Huckleberry slips off and joins “The Tom Sawyer Gang” and pretends to rob people for about a month before he resigns. All this time, Huckleberry is getting used to living with the widow, even admitting that he likes it a little bit. Then, one day, his father shows up, demanding his fortune and eventually taking him to his log cabin, hidden in the woods. There Huck hunts and fishes, but is not permitted to leave. Eventually, “pap got too handy with his hick’ry” so Huck escapes down the river when his father is drunk. Huck hides on Jackson’s Island and meets Jim, The Widow’s slave. Huck learns that Jim had run away from The Widow and so they decide to help each other out. But when Huck learns of a plan to search the island, they leave down the river. Several days later, they almost run into some robbers on a wrecked steamboat and manage to escape with their loot. When Huck and Jim land on the bank

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a story of a young, mischievous boy who did not like punishment, school, or church. Tom Sawyer had learned a lot and had matured a lot by the end of the book. As a reader reads this book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer he will see that Tom Sawyer gets into a lot of trouble. Through this paper I hope to teach you that Tom Sawyer grew out of his mischievous ways eventually.

In the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, By: Mark Twain, Tom is a very naughty boy who would also like to be a hero. He is a boy with great ambitions: becoming a pirate, marrying, discovering lots of treasure at a haunted house, and many more. His aunt doesn’t know where she went wrong. Throughout the book, Tom makes many risks with great consequences that are both good and bad. He does not try to hurt anybody through his decisions but wants to have people’s attention to revolve around him.

Tom lives with his aunt, and his mom and dad are dead, probably from a epidemic. Tom’s aunt “mothers” him his whole youth and is a good example for him. She tries to make a Tom a respectable man, and, by the end of the book, it seems she has almost succeeded. Huck’s mom is dead, but it is not revealed how. Although his mom is dead, Huck’s dad is abusive and a drunk. In the The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn you learn more about this, but The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is pretty vague, about his life. You do know that he is an orphan (because he ran away from his dad) and many times Huck’s lack of family hits him hard. "Aunt Polly, it ain't fair. Somebody's got to be glad to see Huck." (Tom Sawyer 17) Although both boys have broken families it makes them who they are and makes their heroism seem even more

In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, the character Huckleberry Finn takes several risks throughout the story that make him who he is. He and his friend Tom witnessed a murder by Injun Joe, and then heard that very man talk about how he has a box with thousands of dollars in it. Tom and Huck go on a long search for the box, risking their safety and their lives along the way, and claim it as their own. Without the risks that Huck takes, the story wouldn’t have turned out nearly the same way, and they had a major impact on the lives of many in the town.

Tom Sawyer is a complex character that represents the journey from childhood to adulthood that we all have experienced. The character development that Tom goes through during The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is long and sometimes inconsistent due to the episodic nature of the novel, but his character traits remain along with the overall message. Throughout the story, Tom Sawyer's main characteristics/traits become apparent within the first few chapters. Tom Sawyer is mischievous, envious, and adventurous.

Tom Sawyer was an adventurous little boy who was always looking for attention. Throughout the chapters that we read I could understand that Tom had an enormous imagination and that he would do basically anything to receive some attention in return. Tom acted the way that he did so that he could receive some of the attention that he was missing with being an orphan.

Why does a boy who is only twelve and who lives in the the middle of the country have to make so many life-changing choices so early in his own life? The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; by Mark Twain tells the stories of a young boy in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. His name is Tom Sawyer, and Tom is an adventurous boy who sometimes gets himself into trouble when he goes on an adventure. One of these adventures is the time Tom went pirating with his friends. Another time is when he and his friend, Huckleberry Finn, witness a murder, which gets framed on an innocent individual named Muff Potter, and Tom later tells the truth in court about it. In the end, the true murderer, Injun Joe, dies in a cave and Huckleberry gets adopted by a kind woman named Widow Douglas. In the novel, Tom Sawyer makes a lot of decisions and those decisions are sometimes risky. Tom’s risks affect the novel by concerning his family members and his friends.

Tom Sawyer lives in St Petersburg with his Aunt Polly and half-brother, Sid. Tom has to whitewash a fence but tricks his friends into paying him to do the chore for him, he also trades these items to get enough tickets to get a prize bible at Sunday School. Tom falls in love with a girl named Becky Thatcher and gets engaged to her, but she becomes upset when she hears that he was also engaged to a girl named Amy Lawrence. He and his friend

Do you ever wish to be independent, and to get away with things without consequences? Well, the mischiveous Tom in Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain regularly creates choas and trys to escape punishment. His goal in life is to have fun no matter aftermath. Tom’s actions demonstrate his desire to rebel against authority and to establish his independence.

Huckleberry Finn is the main character, in the story, the reader gets a view of and judges the South, its faults, and its redeeming qualities. Huck's companion Jim, a runaway slave, provides friendship and protection while the two journey along the Mississippi on their raft. Huck Finn describes what has happened to him since, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which comes before this book. Huck and Tom discovered twelve thousand dollars in treasure and Judge Thatcher invested the money for them. Huck was adopted by the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, both of them tried very hard to try and raise him correctly and civilized. Unhappy with his new life, and wishing for the freedom he used to know, Huck runs away to the woods. Tom Sawyer finds him and

“There is no better test of a man’s integrity than his behavior when he is wrong.” (Marvin Williams). This story takes place in St. Petersburg, Missouri. Mark Twain, the author of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, has another book, Huckleberry Finn. “Tom Sawyer hates boredom. So he makes life as exciting as possible – for everyone!”(Twain, back cover). Tom Sawyer, even though he can be a bezonian, has integrity because he helps his friends in indecent situations.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a novel a boy named Tom and his experiences throughout his life. Tom has a couple of friends and girlfriends and is very popular in the community. He is a foolish boy that can be wise at times. Tom goes through tough conflicts and events throughout the novel. Throughout these events Mark Twain uses Satire.

Tom Sawyer is a book about a boy who has some crazy adventures. Tom also gets into almost of trouble through his adventures. Throughout the book tom changes and becomes a better person. This is how he changes and becomes a better person.

Tom and Huck are happy and rich and they promise to always stay together. The main character of the book is Tom Sawyer. Tom is an imaginative young man. Whenever Tom plays he pretends to be a pirate or Robin Hood and his friends would be his merry men.