Maturity In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

As Tom grew older he began to take notice of his surroundings, the people around him and learnt how to see the light at the end of a very dark mental tunnel. Initially Tom didn’t want to come out of ‘the cave’, he wanted to be isolated from the rest of the world. Although as he got back into enjoying playing rugby at his school, Bennies, as well as running with his uncle Brendan, he began to become ‘Tom Brennan again’. When Tom started talking to the girl he liked, Chrissy, he became much more confident and starting to come out of the ‘dark tunnel’ he was seemingly trapped in. Not long after they started to go out with each other, with this completing Tom’s ‘comeback’ to being the person that he wanted to be. ‘…that was the morning Tom Brennan came back, forever.’ The only reason Tom Brennan went away was because of Daniel, his brother, who is not that much older than Tom, decided that driving while heavily intoxicated was a logical thing to

Throughout the novel Tom is shown as someone very arrogant and abrupt in the way he talks to people and feels he has the authority to question others in an interrogatory manner. In his first meeting with Nick he

At the onset of the book, Young Tom has just been released from prison and is interested in making up for lost time and enjoying himself. He is a strong family support during the journey but is among the first to begin reaching out to a larger family. At the end he has focused on the plight and abuse of all the homeless farmers and recognizes that they must

Tom never does anything without doing it to the fullest, good or bad. Tom has an overall extremely short temper, assertive,confident and aggressive nature. Tom’s wild, emotional, and uncaring attitude end up getting three people killed. Tom in the end is ultimately concerned with himself and his lavished ,intense, and high paced

He wants to escape and follow his dream to become a sailor. Tom does not want to follow the path society holds ideal. Williams extensively explores the role of emotion Tom experiences at this time (62). He has a personality that goes against the standards society has and causes it to be a difficult path to follow. Restrictions are always around him and he wants to pursue his dream. To solve these problems he faces he will bottle up his emotions and go out places and smoke often. Tom feels the expectations society has is negative and will do other activities to forget about these expectations. He would rather pursue his dream job than to follow the standards his mother and society

As the novel progresses, Tom transforms from this selfish nature to become a caring person. Several examples of this transformation are seen throughout various chapters. When the Joads are traveling west to California with the Wilson’s, Tom offers to help them when their car breaks down. “Tom said nervously, ‘Look Al. I done my time, an’ now it’s done… Let’s jus’ try an’ get a con-rod an’ the hell with the res’ of it.’” Tom is showing a little more care for other people’s problems, however, he still has a selfish side because he still does not regret killing a man. He knew he had to pay for it by going to prison, but he still believes he did nothing wrong by taking a man’s life. By offering to help out with the Wilson’s’ car, he is on his way to becoming a less selfish person. As the book draws to a close, Tom stumbles upon Jim Casy again, who is murdered in front of his own eyes. As a result, he is thrown into a silent rage and kills another man which causes him to hide in the forest. He realizes that he is a danger to his family, so he sacrifices his safety in order for his family to be safe. ‘“Ya can’t do that, Ma. I tell you I’m jus’ a danger to ya,”’ (391). There is a clear transition from Tom acting selfish at the beginning of the book to him acting completely selfless at the end. This selflessness also contributed to him being a figure committed to bettering the

Now, he must have a reason for doing this right? Well, the theory that comes to mind when it is realized that he lives with his Aunt Polly is something happened to his parents. Now losing someone so crucial in one's life, or seeing your parents get a divorce can have a major impact on core values. So, in theory, the reason Tom acts this way is because of something that happened with his parents. Later on in the story, it will be seen that Tom "falls in love" with Becky Thatcher. Going on a few chapters later they, run into some obstacles that, sadly, they can't get through together. Tom seems to let it spill that he has had other "love" and that she wasn't anything special. Becky cries and "moves on". Come to find out, each of the characters learns that if something is wanted it must be fought for. Which is something you can only learn from personal experiences? And what happens when personal experiences take place? They shape core values! Which is what happened here in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

the person, Huck can not stand to see anyone go through pain. Later, in the

A French philosopher named Henry Burquen once said, 'To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.' A good example of how a person develops his or her maturity is the story of Huck in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. In the novel, a young boy from the South travels down the Mississippi River with a runaway slave where they encounter many adventures and meet many different people. Along the way, not only does Huck mature, but he also becomes a kind and loyal person, sometimes going against the values of society. Huck's adventure down the Mississippi River is a passage into manhood because he learns to make decisions on his own as well as gain respect for Jim as a person.

Even though Tom is now aware of his origin it does not ultimately change all of his behavior and attitude or as it is described in the book “In several ways his opinions were totally changed,…, but the main structure of his character was not changed and could not be changed”. This condition only lasted for a certain period of time until he “dropped gradually back into his old frivolous and easy-going ways…” p.57 A similar thing happens to Chambers by the end of the story after Tom has gotten convicted to murder and Pudd’nhead Wilson has found out about the real identities of Tom and Chambers. Being a free man, the original Tom does not know how to deal with this situation because “his manners were the manners of a slave”. He did not learn how to write or to read, nor did he spend much time somewhere else but in the kitchen.

One of his worst qualities however would be when they are sitting down to dinner and Miss. Baker informs Nick of Tom’s affair with the woman in New York. All things considered, Tom has evolved in the story. Maybe a bit less than the others but none the less he has. One way in which he has evolved is when at the beginning he is very cordial and happy man but later on he gives the impression that he is a conceited man who cares about himself and very little about others.

Tom's character was really imaginary one. He behaved in a passive way and the movie showed him as unaggressive male who keeps himself and thinks that everyone would owe him whatever he wants. He was a really passive person in communicating with Summer and in his daydreams about her. Also, he was so shy to even make any move towards

Tom and his friends, Joe Harper and Huck Finn, enter a stage in their lives where they want to become pirates, so take a raft to Jackson’s Island and make a campsite out there to find treasure. This already starts off showing his act of immaturity because he traveled to an island without the

The novel “ Adventures Of Tom Sawyer” tells a tale of a boy’s childhood adventures. Tom is always looking for adventure and fun. He likes swimming, and playing pirates as well as Robin Hood with his friends. He also likes to go treasure hunting with Huck Finn. Throughout the novel Tom goes on many adventures, and through these you can see his character grow. In the beginning of the novel Tom is a very audacious person and is a little self centered. This changes with growth in the novel, although he won’t be as righteous as Superman in the end, he will mature and grow. For example, at Jackson Island Tom, Joe, and Huck all ran away on a raft to get far from home. Tom’s growth comes into play when he goes back to Aunt Polly. He wrote a note about how he was alright and safe so she wouldn’t grieve. Although he did not end up leaving the note, it does show how he started thinking about someone other than himself. Another scene in which he shows growth and maturity is when him, Joe and Huck return from Jackson’s Island. When they crashed their own funeral,

I think that even though Tom does do some very brave and admirable things, the author, Mark Twain, wants us to think of Tom as a character to dislike. For example, Tom often gets his friends into trouble. Also, Tom does sometimes steal things. When it is little things he is stealing, like a doughnut from Aunt Polly, it seems okay. But when it is bigger things from somebody else, it is a big deal because whatever he stole could be important to that person, or it could be necessary for them to survive.