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    Tom Sawyer is a boy who lives with his Aunt Polly, and two cousins, Sid, and Mary. His life consists of a lot of choices. Some good, and some bad. Once, he and Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer's best friend, and their good friend Joe Harper, decided that they were going to run away and become pirates. They ran away and were gone for three days and nights. Then, when they were caught in a hurricane, they found out that being pirates wasn't all fun and games, as they thought it would be. Finally, they

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    unknown, but their statement applies to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was born on November 30, 1835. When Clemens signed a sketch as “Mark Twain”, it became his pen name and he that is what he is famously known as today. Twain worked for newspapers and began writing humorous books and was very gifted, which led to the writing of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. The story is about a boy, Tom Sawyer, who is the town prankster who is extremely immature

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    Tom Sawyer had stayed true to himself till the end of the novel and exhibited changes in his identity and values. In the middle of the book, Tom began to display his maturity. Right before halfway through the book Tom never stood up for anyone. Becky had ripped a page in the Anatomy book and when class begun Tom at first hesitated to tell on Becky but eventually took the liberty to take the blame. Another example of Coming of Age was when Tom and Becky got lost in McDougal's cave. Most children Tom’s

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    everywhere in the civilization that we have all collectively built. The author Jane Austen in persuasion believes that each person is self serving and kind when it 's in their best interest. Contrary to Austens’ belief, Mark Twain with“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” shows a more optimistic view of human nature where the guilt and sense of sympathy are the driving emotions behind every action. Similarly, in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith identifies the empathy and duty as a primary

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    The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer is a literature, written by Mark Twain, who was an American humorist and novelist. His vivid imagination, keen sense of humor, and sharp wit resulted in some of the most beloved classics of American literature. In this novel, the frequent use of the conversational rule of Black English, which constantly reminded me that it is about black Americans. Mark Twain was also good at the use of abbreviated form which is very common in black oral English. All that above let me

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    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer has presented the best and outstanding characters in American fiction. The novel speaks about an inventive and mischievous boy Tom Sawyer who lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid in the Mississipi River town St. Petersburg. He spends his time joyfully from Friday to Sunday by cheating Aunt Polly every possible way. His pass time are fishing, swimming, loitering in the village and playing with his friends along the riverside. Aunt Polly gives him little punishments

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    In the book, “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", Tom is a rebel. He does not seem to care about others as much as himself. He would always get others to do whatever he wanted. He had others give him things to do his chores like whitewashing a fence. People like to follow people who lead like Tom because he does not care what others will do. Mothers of others though probably did not think he was a good influence on their sons. He wasn't just a rebel though. He also was nice once and awhile. He liked to

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    In the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer written by Mark Twain, the main character Thomas Sawyer is characterized in many different ways. Because Tom Sawyer is characterized as a young boy the descriptions of him in the book contribute to the reader’s idea of a “real” character by Twain letting the reader connect to Tom as if they were him. Tom Sawyer is a fully developed character because Mark Twain uses real life stories and adventures of real young boys to connect to him and to let us capture

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    not become a “popular” practice until the late 1800’s (Burns 1). Throughout the novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, it is evident that superstitions are practiced similarly to religion by the children in the community. The author, Mark Twain, uses superstitions to construct a theme of prosperity and chance. Although many people believe superstitions are an act of foolishness, the truth is Tom and many others believed and practiced superstitious activities for such things as curing cramps

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    characters. In the novel, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer written by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, the main character can be seen as a devil or angel depending on which character’s point of view you see through. For instance, if you had asked Aunt Polly, Tom’s aunt and guardian, she would say that he is troublesome, sneaky boy but is really good at heart. Tom always is trouble for Aunt Polly disobeying her orders left and right, when Aunt Polly is searching for Tom, she finds him in a closet with

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