Tom Sawyer Epilogue

While Huckleberry and Tom sneak out of the house, Huckleberry trip and the noise wakes Jim, the slave. Jim sets out to find what was making the noise but then falls asleep waiting. The boys needed candles so Tom went in and got some from Miss Watson's. When Jim is sleeping, Tom hung his hat from a tree limb and ever since, Jim told everyone that witches put a spell on him and took him around the world. All the niggers were impressed and he was known an authority of witches. Tom and Huckleberry meets the other town boys inside a hidden cave. Tom declares that their band of robbers were going to be known as “Tom Sawyer’s Gang”. The boys are told they have to take an oath and write their names in blood. The consequences for exploiting the secret

Although loved by many, Tom Sawyer is the most selfish character in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This could be the opinion of many people if it wasn’t for adult characters such as the Duke, the Dauphin, and Pap Finn; Tom Sawyer is a young boy, therefore, his antics are seen as comical and there is less resentment towards his character. The character of Tom Sawyer is extremely egocentric and selfish because he displays blatant disregard for the practical way to make plans in life-or-death situations, doesn’t understand the gravity of murder and robbery, and he will do anything, no matter how crazy or impractical, to make himself seem like a hero.

comes up with a plan, and Huck is surprised that Tom would risk his reputation for a slave. But

By mocking the issue of education, Twain's own ideas are incorporated into the novel. When Tom and Huck form a gang, Tom is chosen as the leader. When asked what "ransomed" (8) means, Tom claims that he does not know but they have "got to do" (9) it, because he has "seen it in books" (9). The gang blindly follows Tom's orders because he is the most educated out of the group. They believe that Tom's education automatically makes him more intelligent than them. Later in the novel, Jim gets captured by the Phelps family. While trying to break Jim out of his temporary jail, Tom claims that they must use "picks and shovels" and not "modern conveniences" because it will be more authentic to a real jail-break (243). Huck goes along with Tom's overly-elaborate and inconvenient plan to free Jim because he believes that

Chapter nine of author Mark Twain’s work, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, proves to be a major turning point of the novel. Within the chapter, the main character Tom Sawyer, accompanied by Huckleberry Finn, witness the murder of Dr. Robinson, committed by Injun Joe, when they snuck out late at night to a graveyard, in order to test a superstition. From this point forward, the novel no longer focuses on the childish antics of the youth, and switches focus to the darker topic of the murder of Dr. Robinson. Within this chapter, author Mark Twain does many things with the story. These matters include making the graveyard frightening through descriptive phrases favoring auditory and visual senses, the usage of foreshadowing to prepare the reader

When Huck stops Tom’s carriage, Tom believes Huck to be a ghost, but once Huck explains the situation, Tom agrees to help Huck. Once Huck and Tom arrive at Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas’ home, Aunt Sally welcomes Huck, whom she had met earlier in the day and believes to be Tom Sawyer, and offers Tom a meal and ride down to Mr. Archibald Nichols’ home. During dinner, “[Huck is] getting a little nervous, and wondering how this was going to help [him] out of [his] scrape, and at last, still talking to along, [Tom] reached over and kissed Aunt Sally right on the mouth” (190). Aunt Sally outraged by this action from a person she believes she does not know as friend or family. Tom continues on to say that people told him that Aunt Sally likes kissing. Aunt Sally, still mad, is confused as to why a stranger kissed her on the mouth. Tom turns to Silas then to Huck, ‘Tom, didn’t you think Aunt Sally’d open out her arms and say, “Sid Sawyer–“’ (191). Tom’s effort to keep Huck safe and to help rescue Jim demonstrates how bold Tom acts, and how, for Huck, Tom would do nearly anything. The fact that Tom willingly lies to his own family proves that even as a follower of society, Tom still has some form of a moral compass. Though much less bold than lying to his own family, Tom participates in the planning of and freeing Jim. To Tom, loyalty is extremely important, so helping Jim is, in Tom’s own standards, less bold. Huck makes a simple plan to free Jim, while the boys use Tom’s plan. According to Huck’s statement, “Well, one thing was dead sure; and that was, that Tom Sawyer was in earnest and was actuily going to help steal that n– out of slavery” (195), Tom dedicated himself fully to help Huck, once again. Tom does write the Phelpses a letter as to warn of the escape plan. This goes against the boldness that Tom presents to Huck in helping to free Jim, but as previously mentioned,

Huck and Tom go into town to bring along some boys to a secret cave Tom found. Tom makes them swear that would not tell anyone about the cave. Tom then tells them that he wants to begin a group of robbers called "Tom Sawyer's Gang", and that anyone who wants to join must take an oath and write his name

Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer is full of rich scenery, a great plot, a twist ending, and inspiring characters. Even with all those great topics, in my opinion the characters are the most interesting. The protagonist of the book would be Tow Sawyer himself. A lad of twelve who has an attitude fit for a mischiveous boy like him. Tom is always late, he get into trouble often, and is always coniving to get what he wants. However he is a hero to not only the other village boys but to his sweetheart, Becky. He has stood up for Becky, comfoerted her is times of trouble, and has been there for her. Now the antagonists, Injun Joe, is defferent, and yet slightly similar. Injun Joe is not lazy, he always has to be doing something, even if that something is

Many critics argue that the ending to Huckleberry Finn is poor because it shows a regression of Huck’s character that negates much of the growth Huck experiences throughout his journey down the Mississippi River and changes the novel’s focal point onto Tom rather than Huck. Tom Quirk, author of articles on American literature and specifically many studies of Mark Twain, states that the ending of the novel “essentially disregarded whatever moral growth and social seriousness the narrative had acquired in favor of rather trivial burlesque on the grounds that there was a certain consistency and “aptness” to the gesture.” Huck’s journey down the Mississippi serves as a coming-of-age story in that Huck learns to follow his own conscious and determine

In chapter 16 of the novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, we get to experience Tom, Huckleberry Finn and Joe’s island adventure. After getting to the island on a makeshift raft, the resourceful and adventurous boys find turtle eggs to eat for breakfast that morning. They do a lot of swimming, wrestling and even put on a circus. Eventually Tom starts to get homesick and even writes the name of his wife, Becky, in the sand. Joe suggests they go home but they decide to stay and Tom tells the boys his secret plan. Huck knows how to smoke a pipe and teaches Tom and Joe how to smoke so they will look cool in front of their friends back home. They end up getting sick and go off into the woods to sleep it off. That night Huck offers

One of the concepts that stuck out to me with this reading was something that was barely mentioned in this section. The concept of southern hospitality was used in chapter 33. Tom Sawyer goes to the Phelps’s farm and they believe he is a stranger. Silas Phelps has no idea who this boy is, however, she sets a place for him at the dinner table. When Tom tries to refuse his invitation he states that it would not be hospitable of her to let him go. Essentially they are forcing a stranger to stay with them and eat with them. However, if they have another person staying with them, Jim. Jim is trapped in a small hut and is kept in very bad conditions until he can be sent back to slavery. Both Jim and Tom are strangers to the Phelps, however, Jim is

If you are in the point of view of Tom Sawyer then the suspense would not be as stunning as Aunt Polly's point of view because Tom is the person that causes suspense by going missing or ditching school. With Aunt Polly it is more suspenseful because she does not know where Tom is or what he is doing. People thought Tom died because they have not seen him in a long time. Where in Tom's point of view he just went to go somewhere. Tom is so sneaky so he creates suspense so other people.

After the murder, Tom and Huck swore and oath to never speak of this again, but Tom makes a more selfless act at the hearing of the falsely accused, Muff Potter. As Tom and Huck reach the village they conjure up an agreement by concluding, “Tom we got to keep mum. You know that. That Injun devil wouldn’t make any more of drowning us that a couple cats.”(Twain 65). Tom and Huck knew that the ruthless Injun Joe would do anything to keep them quiet, even if it came to killing them too. As the story continues to the hearing of Muff Potter, Tom is taken to the witness stand and is under the decision of whether to keep quiet or spill what he had seen that night. Tom remembered the oath, but also kept thinking of what had happened to the victim by the narrator telling us “The boy looked wild enough, for he was badly scared. The oath was administered” (Twain 142). As Tom stood at the witness stand he looked at Injun Joe “Tom glanced at Injun Joe’s iron face and his tongue failed him… however, the boy got a little of him strength back, and managed to put enough of it into his voice… hesitantly at first, but he warmed up to his subject, his words flowed out more easily.” (Twain 142-143). Tom worked up enough courage to give his spiel of the event and to do the responsible thing by testifying and protecting the townsfolk. This was an important event to his growing

Tom Sawyer is an adventurous boy who gets into mischief and trouble, but learns from his mistakes. Although in the beginning of the book, he was a troublemaker and was always yelled at by his Aunt Polly, in the end, he became a young man and was more mature than ever.

Children have always possessed a sense of adventure, excitement, rebellion and love. While on their explorations, they not only experience things that seem like wonders to them, but in doing so might be disobedient because their parents or guardians will not approve of their mischief. Mark Twain may have been fascinated by the way children act that he decided to create the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer because he wanted to show how much Tom Sawyer’s mischievous acts can cause anger, disappointment, and exasperation to adults in the story in addition to remind adults of the child they once were.