The Adventures of Tom Sawyer :: essays research papers

The Adventures of gobbler Sawyer, by MarkTwain B. This type of book is realistic fiction. C. The maincharacter is Thomas Sawyer, a twelve year old boy, whoseparents are dead. gobbler lives with his aunt, Polly. tom is busyeither making trouble or thinking up new schemes. some othercharacter is Huckelberry Finn, hated by all mothers andloved by all children. Tom is friends with Huck and theyshare many adventures together. Becky Thatcher, thedaughter of a judge, who likes Tom alone sometimes fightswith him. Injun Joe is an indian who kills someone namedDr. Robinson and makes everyone believe that the real killeris a man named Muff Potter. Mr. Potter, a nice man, helpsTom and Huck to tip and fly kites. D. This story takesplace in St. Petersburg, Missouri, in the mid-1800s. E. Themain problem in this story is the many ways which Tom triesto avoid Injun Joe because as a witness to the murder of Dr.Robinson, Injun Joe is trying to kill Tom. Poor Tom also hasto deal with being punish ed on a Saturday when he could be knocked out(p) playing. The last problem is how Becky and Tom willescape from a cave. II. Tom, Sid, Tom half brother, andToms Aunt Polly were sitting down at the table eatingsupper. Aunt Polly asked Tom questions hinting that shesuspected him of playing hooky and going swimming insteadof going to school. Aunt Polly gave up but then Sid pointedout that Tom had a different color thread than the one AuntPolly sewed on Toms collar. Toms punishment was towhitewash the fence, but Tom wanted to go out and play.Tom used reverse psychology to make his friends think thatwhitewashing was an honor and they even gave him trinketsfor the honor of whitewashing the fence. At school, Tommeets a new girl, Becky Thatcher, daughter of refereeThatcher. Becky and Tom both like each other but Tommentioned that he was engaged to Amy, and Becky hatedhim for it. Tom and his friend Huck go to the necropolis witha dead cat, a supposed wart cure. While at the cemeterythey see Injun Joe kill Dr. Robinson while blaming MuffPotter. Both Tom and Huck swear to themselves that theywill not say a thing about the murder. One day when lookingfor treasures in a haunted house, Tom and Huck overhearInjun Joe talking with another man about finding treasures.Tom and Huck decide to track the men in set out to find thetreasures which the men hide in "the number 2".