Tom Sawyer Murder

In chapter six Tom meets the new girl whose name is Becky Thatcher. They “get engaged” then Becky finds out that he was “engaged” to Amy Lawrence. Becky did not take it very well so she left him (Twain, 70-71). After he had his heartbroken, Tom ran away and did not return to the afternoon class. He waited for school to be out, then Huckleberry Finn, Joe Harper, and he went to a nearby island to be pirates. When they showed up missing the town put up a search group to look for their bodies in the river. After a few days had passed Tom went to Aunt Polly’s during the night and found out that there was going to be a funeral for Tom, Huck, and Joe. When Tom got back to the island he told the others that they were missed and that there would be a funeral for them. Now that they know that there is going to be a funeral, which was the whole reason they ran away, they were planning a surprise entrance to their funeral. That Saturday Tom, Huck, and Joe made their entrance to their funeral, after they heard all of the nice things people said about them they pop up out of hiding and surprised everyone. In chapters nine and ten Tom and Huck go exploring in the grave at night and they witness Injun Joe’s murder of Dr. Robinson. They swear to each other that they would never say a thing about

During the adventures of Huck and Tom’s treasure hunting, the two came across the antagonist, Injun Joe. Earlier, Huck and Tom witnessed Injun Joe murder a doctor and put the blame on an innocent man. The two juvenile boys had made a vow that neither of them would tell anyone since they were scared that Injun Joe would come after them. This shows fear that most people would experience in this situation. Knowing that an innocent man will be punished for an act he did not commit, Tom’s conscience convinced him to testify against Injun Joe, freeing a guiltless man. “Critics... view incidents such as Tom's encounters with Injun Joe...as confrontations between innocence and evil which initiate Tom into the world of adult responsibilities and consequences.”

In the novel The adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain chapter 28 Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer go exploring in the alley. When they get to the alley Tom goes in, Huck thinks that it feels like he has been in the alley for days. All of the sudden Tom goes sprinting out of the alley and yells, “ RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Without questions the two ran to the old deserted slaughterhouse. There at the slaughterhouse Tom explained what he saw. He saw the drunk Injun Joe in the alley with the treasure. When Tom was running away he stepped on Injun Joe's hand because he was lying asleep on the floor, drunk. Tom grabbed a towel and ran with Huck to the slaughterhouse.

After witnessing the murder of Dr. Robinson, Tom and Huck decide not to confess what they witnessed and took an oath. Although, Tom’s conscience is wanting him to tell the police Injun Joe is the murder and not Muff Potter he made a promise to his friend not to tell. Tom should not tell the police what happened because he made a promise, he’s just a boy, and he has no evidence.

Tom throughout the story displays many characteristics including the previously discussed, but the most noticeable and important is his adventurous nature. Toms sense of adventure is what drives the story forward more times to count. The audience gets the first taste of Tom's adventurous nature is when Tom accompanies Huck to the graveyard where they encounter the villain of the novel, Injun Joe, killing a man. This demonstrates that Tom's adventures also are the cause for most of the novels conflicts, even if he doesn’t see it. Another adventure, or misadventure, is the trip to the island that Huck, Tom, and Joe take to be “pretend” pirates. This is where Tom, demonstrates his wide imagination (and, as previously

In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a variety of people influence Huck’s ideology. From the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson’s religious rhetoric to Pap’s brutal, uncivilized manner, many contrasting ideas shape Huck’s belief system. However, among these people, Tom Sawyer holds the greatest impact over Huck’s actions and mentality because of Huck’s immense admiration for him. Huck’s initial encounters with Tom Sawyer establish Tom as a major component of the ideology Huck maintains throughout his journey. Despite Huck’s skepticism and confusion about Tom’s imaginative schemes, Huck regards Tom’s judgements as the truth and follows all of Tom’s plans.

The dissection of the immorality of society is further explored in Tom Sawyer’s scheme to free Jim from the Phelpses’ captivity. Tom, seemingly eager to help Jim escape, creates a plan that seems to exist more for his own amusement than for Jim’s emancipation, a plan that eventually ends in Jim’s recapture and Tom’s injury. Thus, Tom’s plan to free Jim takes on a dark irony as Huck says that Tom is “not mean, but kind”; this is subverted when we discover that Tom has used Jim as a plaything in his game of escape (Evans). Tom and Huck, both boys of about the same age and with similar backgrounds, are a good example of the difference that “sivilized” society makes on the development of the individual. As Tom and Huck plan Jim’s escape, the two represent very different places in their development as individuals; Huck having discovered a new morality through his journey down the Mississippi, and Tom having remained more or less the same as his introduction at the beginning of the novel. While Huck has demonstrated his ability to more fully realize individuals, notably Jim, Tom has been conditioned by society to see slaves as subhuman, and thus has no problem with using Jim as a plaything in his game of adventure. This trivialization of human life, presented by the “civilized” and “kind” Tom, demonstrates the immorality and toxicity of Southern society. Twain also comments on the hypocrisy

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

Tom’s mother showed up and busted both Tom and Huck for putting on a huge charade and lying to everybody. His mother exposed Huckleberry Finn and set the two boys straight. Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas were further confused and astonished. Huck felt awful for lying to her and does not want to further hurt her.

Tom goes with Huckleberry to a graveyard and both of them witness the murder of Dr. Robinson by Injun Joe. The town thinks Tom, Huck, and Joe are dead after the three of them flee town. Tom secretly goes back to town without anyone knowing and listens in on the commotion that is happening in town. Tom decides to return to town during the funeral planned for him and his fellow friends. When tom returns to school he takes the blame for the book that had been damaged by Becky to get back on her good side. In court Tom testifies against Injun Joe, he ends up escaping the court house. When summer comes the boys decide to go hunting for treasure. While hunting for treasure they find Injun Joe who is looking into burying treasure. Huck stays and watches him while Tom goes on a picnic with the school. Tom and Becky go to the mysterious McDougal’s cave while in the cave the two seem to get lost in the cave for a couple of days. Huck finds out that Joe has planned

When talking about Tom being shot, he states, “He had a dream,” I says, “and it shot him” (Twain 277). The climax of the novel is when Huck says he will go to hell in order to save Jim. They show the true meaning of friendship as Tom sacrifices his body as well as what Huck says. It is ironic how Tom and Huck were doing what is right, but, are shot because of how stupid racism was. It is also cool how Huck seems so calm under pressure. He tells a funny lie and still somehow gets away with it. He is willing to do anything to save his friends just like they would for him. The falling action is the best part of the story as the story comes together as a whole, and we learn new things. Jim has far more humanity than Tom Sawyer. Earlier in the book it states, “I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their'n. It don't seem natural, but I reckon it's so"(Twain 157). Jim is superstitious and occasionally sentimental, but he is also intelligent, practical, and ultimately more of an adult than anyone else in the novel. Bercovitch states, “Jim, the example of man-reduced-to-beast-of-burden, is articulating the self-evident truths of human equality”(Bercovitch). Throughout the story, Jim never wants to hurt Huck, but, Tom is a liar. Kevin Scott states in his writing, “Tom has none of Huck's concerns” (Scott). Tom doesn’t know what it is like to be in

As Mawelle writes, " Twain's realism is critically acclaimed" (120) and he portrays that in Huck. Conversely Morris says that Twain is "the fabricator of tales" which is portrayed in Tom (232) . The boys' friendship is the union of the two sides of Twain's writing style and views of the world. In the first few chapters of the novel there is spontaneity and adventure similar to some Romantic novels. Huck meets up with Tom and his other friends and the boys go on raids and excursions together. Tom is the leader and makes up the adventures and Huck goes along with them, but not without some confrontation. For instance, when Tom tries to help Huck slip away from Miss Watson's house to meet up with their crew, the boys get into their first argument. As they are sneaking away, they accidentally wake up Jim, by and by he falls back asleep. The boys have different ideas on how to move on. Tom "whispered to me [Huck] and wanted to tie Jim to the tree for fun" (Twain 14). In response Huck made the point "he might wake and make a disturbance, and then they'd find out I warn't in" (Twain 14). Tom then left the matter alone but not after moving Jim's hat to hang on a tree branch over his head. Though the boys' conflict is not direct, it is in their ideas. Serious Huck was "in a sweat to get away," while "nothing would do Tom..." he had to do something to leave his mark

In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn went to a cemetery with a dead cat in hopes to cure their warts. While in the cemetery, they see Joe, Dr. Robinson, and Muff Potter robbing graves. The three guys got into an argument and Dr. Robinson knocked out Muff Potter, to then have Joe stab and kill him. After, Joe put the knife into Potter’s hand and woke him up and told him that he had killed Dr. Robinson. Joe was questioned by the police and said that Potter was the killer and Potter was sent to jail. After Tom and Huck witnessed the murder, they ran to a nearby barn and made a blood oath to never tell a soul and if they do, that they drop dead and rot in their tracks. Tom has been having some nightmares and was wondering if he should tell or not. Tom should tell to police. If he does it would put justice to the whole situation. Also, it would stop Joe from hurting anyone else in the future. And finally, Joe would not hurt them for telling like they think he would.

One example is when Tom gets home and tells Aunt Polly about his dream, but then he tells the truth. Tom also tell the truth about the bark in his jacket pocket. Tom takes his punishments and his friends. An example is when Becky was about to get in trouble for ripping the book, but then Tom took her responsibility for her and took her whipping. Another example is that Tom takes his own punishment for spilling the ink. Another thing is that Tom tells the truth. For example, Tom tells the truth about Injun Joe being in the cave rather than just let him stay in there and die. Tom also tells the truth about finding the money with Huck, even though they could’ve just kept it for themselves. Therefore Tom does have

As evidenced in the introductory instances regarding death, Huck’s morality is defective and his sympathy is missing. Perhaps, Huck’s flaws are due to his close contact with the iconic delinquent Tom Sawyer, who is likely corroding Huck’s ethics. Consequently, when Huck bonds with his new partner-in-crime, Jim, a stark juxtaposition is evidenced between the ideals of Tom and Jim. However, luckily “youth is a time of greater potential for change than any other stage of life”, and Jim’s positive influence proves beneficial (Trites 53) . Specifically, Jim is extraordinarily superstitious and attaches a copious amount of meaning to just about everything, even a measly snake skin (Twain 162). Of course, this means that Jim does not completely disregard the significance of death and importance of sympathy, as Tom and his mischievous mates do. Consequently, Jim “has proven himself as a morally admirable figure” (Bollinger). As a result, after prolonged exposure to Jim, Huck starts to exude more concern for the life of others, as evidenced in quite a few scenarios that take place on his and Jim’s journey.