Tom Sawyer Research Paper

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.

“...and when her fortune cookie said, “You are mature and sensible,” she had to agree. And her father and mother did too.” A quote from the short story “Growing Up” by the author, Gary Soto about a tenth grader name Maria that is growing up and thinks her family is just a bunch of boring people. She wants to be by herself while her family goes on a vacation. She thinks about all the trouble that could happen to her family. Fear is required to mentally grow up, which is the overall theme of the story. He

“It's great that you can listen and be a shoulder to someone, but what about when someone doesn't need a shoulder? What if they need the arms or something like that? You can't just sit there and put everybody's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You just can't. You have to do things,”. Children mature as they grow older. Manifestations of maturity include; overcoming adversities, perseverance, and making decisions that positively impact one’s future.

“Maturity is when your world opens up and you realize that you are not the center of it.’’

What does it mean to grow up? Does it mean washing your car, paying your bills, getting a job? Does it mean getting married, having kids, and sprouting gray hair? Is it necessary? Is everyone capable of it? Is it going to be hard and will it be worth the effort? All of these questions are probably what made Peter Pan decide to never leave Neverland. Growing up means a lot of different things to many different people. If we look at the words “growing up”, we simply think of the physical aspect of ageing, growing tall and wide. But for most people, growing up means something deeper involving a change in the approach that an individual has to life and the actions that are taken with it. In this essay, we will look at why people have

A boring lifestyle is never appealing to an imaginative child. In Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Tom is a young child who dreams of an exciting and adventurous life outside his small town. Although while his dreams become more and more ambitious so does his reality. The sudden change in events soon begin to change Tom’s life. As Tom’s small town attracts a criminal everything Tom wishes for begins to come true only in a corrupt way that he never imagined. With all new to keep up with Tom is forced to mature and develop as a character along with those around by leaving behind his childish games and accepting reality. Twain uses character development in Tom and Huck Finn to create unique and special characters.

Growing up does not mean you are perfect in any aspect; however, growing up does mean to mature and face the real world you are living in; although, it might not be suitable for one to live in due to its corruption. In J.D. Salinger’s novel, The Catcher In The Rye, Holden Caulfield (protagonist) dealt with problems early in his childhood which impacted not only him as a human being but also his paradigm on adults. (phonies) Not only does Holden distrusts adults because they are insincerity, hypocrisy, and superficiality, but also because of the corrupted world they have created.

The key to transforming from an adolescent to an adult, is to prolong the stages of adolescence as long as possible. Adulthood can seem vile at times but, there is no need to hide from it. Events that a person have endured while growing up contribute their views on impending adulthood. Just like from the excerpt from “The Case for Delayed Childhood” says “As a result, adolescence is both a time of opportunity and vulnerability, a time where much is learned, especially about the social world, but when exposure to stressful events can be particularly devastating” (Steinberg). This shows that while enduring adolescence, people learn from their mistakes and they become almost like scars, which in the end ultimately prepare them for adulthood. Holden Caulfield, a young teenage boy from Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, endures several tragic events which in turn terrify him for adulthood.

Throughout multiple exciting adventures and dangerous explorations in the novel “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, we see Tom Sawyer mature. He matures through the love of Aunt Polly, Becky, Huck and other characters in the novel. In his search for treasure, Tom learns about personal accountability. Even in everyday life, we watch him develop from a boy into an adult. From a selfish young, mischievous lad, Tom becomes a sincere, kind and responsible young man.

Everyone in their life eventually has to grow up. We cannot be and act like children forever. We need to act mature and enter adulthood where you realize that growing up is a process of life that everyone goes through. Some people mature quickly and others mature not as quickly. In the book “The Pigman” by Paul Zindel we learn two things that he set out to do.

In this essay it will go about the novel of Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The novel has been published in 1876. The first quarter of the XIX century has become the preparatory era for the half-philosophical and half-journalistic literature of sometimes humorous, sometimes instructive and moralistic writings. National characteristics of Americans with their practicality, utilitarian morality and native cheerful humor which is highly different from the sarcastic and surly British humor are vividly reflected. The whole oeuvre of the author may be characterized by the Enlightment of the XVIII century. Unfortunately, its recognition the novel received only after the death of the author and, though, it was not as popular as the other works of Mark Twain (for instance, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn), it became the classic of American literature.

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.

“Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.” -Bo Bennett

Often times, nothing is good enough. Many adolescent people can relate to this quote. Parents often force their children into working very hard, (even at an exhausting rate), which makes them feel like their best is not good enough; that they are not good enough to be members in their own family. All of those factors can drive the youth to go into a serious stage of depression or low self-esteem; or become a "sad-faced youth." It is like their time of innocence, fun, and youth is being ripped from their cold, dead hands.

“The hardest part about growing up is letting go of what you were used to, and moving on with something you’re not.” Growing up can be fantastic. Growing up can also be scary. Many people do it on their own time. Others must do it quickly. Some have a nurturing family and a wonderful environment in which to do this. Others still are not as fortunate. The point is that everyone’s situation is different, unique. No matter how similar one situation may seem from another there are countless other things that affect how a child might grow up. One’s own life may seem perfect to those on the outside looking in when in reality, there could be a constant struggle that is known to few or even none. For myself, growing up was something that had to