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Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain: Chapter Analysis
"What's wrong with that boy I wonder?"-1 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain is about a young boy, Tom who learns from his mistakes, and becomes a young man. Throughout the story Tom causes mischief. The climax in the story is when Tom, Huck, and Becky get lost in MacDougal's cave and the townhouse a funeral thinking they are dead. Tom Sawyer is a mischief young boy growing up and learning from his mistakes. Oh that troublemaker. Tom is nothing like his brother, Tom is always ditching school and causing so much trouble. Tom skip school to go swimming so and Polly decides to make him white wash the fence."say, Jim, I'll fetch some water if you go whitewash some fence."-15 this quote shows that Tom is trying to get out of his punishment. …show more content…

How can Tom always create superstitions. Late one night Tom and Huck sneak out to the grave yard so they can cure warts. "say what is a dead cat good for her? Good for? Cure warts with…"-31 Tom and Huck. Thought the superstition that day cats can cure warts was real." Devils don't slosh around much of a Sunday."-110 Tom and Huck also believe that the devil will collect souls on Sunday so it is safe to go on Sunday. Just evidence shows that Tom and Huck always made silly pointless superstitions. Tom and Huck need to prove their theories if they think they're which is exactly what they have done in the story. Help! We can't get out! Tom and Becky get stuck in MacDougal's cave and can't get out! Tom now has to be brave and be a young man to save and impress Becky."come to think of it, Becky, we are way down below them and I don't know how far away north, south or east, or which ever it is.we couldn't hear them here."-177 Tom and Becky are lost in no one can hear them so they cannot yell for help! "Oh Tom, you didn't make any marks!"-178 Tom forgot to make marks of where they came from now they have no way of knowing where to go or how they go in the cave. This evidence shows Tom having to be brave and get through this hard moment, As part of growing up. Tom finds a way out if the cave. And shows Becky he can be very

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