What Was Tom's Generosity?

“Most of the adventures recorded in this book really occurred; one or two were experiences of my own, the rest those boys who were schoolmates of mine. Huck Finn is drawn from life; Tom Sawyer also, but not from individual-he is a combination of the characteristics of three boys whom I knew, and therefore belongs to the composite order of architecture,” (Twain xvii). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, takes place while a time of the 1800s, in a village near the Mississippi River. Tom Sawyer and his friends encounters many adventures throughout his boyhood. Tom’s decision making develops while his many adventures. He only think of himself when whitewashing, but later he puts others before himself and gets himself and Becky out of a bad situation, he caused.

Tom Robinson’s first mistake was helping Mayella out around her house. By helping Mayella, he made a friend without knowing it. Tom thought he was only helping, but Mayella began to think of Tom as more than a friend as time went on. It got to the point where Mayella would have Tom do jobs about every time he walked by her house. One day when Tom was helping inside the house, Bob, Mayella’s father, came from the woods and saw Tom inside the house. This led to the story of Tom raping Mayella.

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.

Tom is now sold to Simon Legree. Simon (a transplanted northerner) takes Tom and Emmeline, who was bought the same time as Tom to Louisiana and they meet other slaves. Legree hates Tom and when Tom refuses his orders Legree brutally beats Tom and wants to crush his slave’s faith in God. Tom still refuses to stop reading the Bible and tries to help other slaves. Tom soon meets Cassy, another one of Legree’s slaves. Cassy was separated from her son and daughter and killed her third child so she won’t see him get sold to another farmer. Tom Loker later returns to the story and it turns out he was healed by the Quakers. But Eliza’s family has gained their freedom across Canada. In Louisiana, Tom almost loses his hope in God. However, he has two visions; one of Eva and one of Jesus and determines to remain faithful in

7) The scene with the gymnast on the plane was included by the author to show a perspective in race. She was a white woman who seemed very friendly and outgoing with Thomas and Victor, laughed at their jokes but when a certain joke that involved race came up, there was no more laughter. Victor made a comment on how everyone is nice on planes but “too bad it can’t always be that way.” His comment allows the reader to understand the setting, a time in where whites did not socialize with indians (racial segregation).

African American men often do heavy jobs. For example, plant tobacco and other things. And their masters often use lots of dollars to buy them or transfer them with a huge price. And if the slaves have special skills, they often will worth more. Then a lot of tragic things happen, when their masters have debt which they can repay them. They will use slaves to repay. Even Kentucky men still do those things. Just like this book’s protagonist Tom’s master to repay the debt to sell Tom. However, the women have different situation, but it also decided by their masters. Good masters will treat them very well, if their master is terrible, they will dead by tired of working. To their masters, they thing African women’s duty just is doing some easy jobs and generation. And these mothers often will lose their children by their master’s actions.

The next day Tom makes his way down to George Wilson's (Myrtle's husband) house and discovers that George has learned about his wife's infidelity but not with whom. Tom tells him that Gatsby was the driver of the car that killed his wife and George is led on to believe that the killer and the man his wife was sleeping with are one in the same. He breaks and enters into Gatsby's home and shoots him in his pool he then proceeds to kill himself.

a deal with Roxy to sell her back into slavery, but after one year he would buy her back. But

She wanted so badly to get out of the house and have her own life that she ended up making herself even more miserable than she was before. She thought that she would have freedom, and be able to do her own thing. That didn’t work out the way she hopped. Whenever her husband sees her talking to another guy on the ranch he would get mad at her. She talks about the life she wished she had. The one she wants to have instead of the one she has now. She has so much more talent. And when she tries to talk to other men she gets shut down, but when she talks to Lennie he lets her talk, and doesn’t shut her down. She trusts him enough that he was the first person she told that she didn’t like Curley. I think that she felt happy she had someone to finally talk

He later gets caught by aunt Polly and Sid. Because of different colored thread (12). Tom is causing mischief in not being truthful and causing disappointment in his aunt he lies to both his brother and aunt he then has to whitewash a fence for punishment. Tom is also losing out on his study's to make

Tom and the slaves on Legree’s plantation show that even individuals who seem like they benefit from these religious teaching or cannot understand religious teachings are negatively affected by the environment. In many ways, to people of the time it would seem slavery is an environment that is benefits characters like Tom. The character is surrounded by masters who teach him the bible (Mrs. Shelby, Evangeline) and read/preach it to him (George, Evangeline) people would see this as a positive as it showed that masters where enlightening individuals to the Cristian way allowing them save their soul (Stowe 25-270). Going with this, there are times where Tom is described in ways such as, “untaught heart” inferring that Tom by providence does not

In the novel Tom Sawyer there is a lot of greedy people like Tom Sawyer, Sid Sawyer, and Joe. It starts with Tom wanting to have a bible for bragging rights. In order to do this every time he goes to church he trades for tickets to get his bible. He was greedy for bragging rights because his cousin had several of them and he wanted one. Another case of greed is Tom still chasing after the money even after everything that happened.

Thomas was the oldest child of a family of eight, his father was a worker at the docks of Rio and his mother worked at a restaurant as a cook. Thomas dreamed of going to the united states and getting an education. One day Thomas's father came home from work and announced that he had gotten a promotion and a pay raise which was just enough to send one person to America. A month later Thomas was on a ship bound for New York. Thomas had packed his own food for the month ong voyage mainly rice and vegetables. Thomas hoped to earn enough money in New York so that his entire family could come as well.

Cindy's eyes began to grow tired as she switched off the light and gone to bed. Cindy's bedroom always seems to become muggy and hot at night, so she left her window open. Falling fast asleep Cindy never knew what or who might have been coming her way.

about his role in sustaining the king when he was a chancellor. Thomas though a tragic hero who pursed his spiritual gains but he had excuses for not to undergo the influence of being a traitor. He told the third tempter, “And if the Archbishop cannot trust the king/How can he trust those who work for the king’s undoing?(34) eventually Thomas refused that defaming offer adding that he is more powerful than the barons and he doesn’t want to be described as a conspirator. Thomas thus had shun the doors on the face of all the three tempters.