THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

MARK TWAIN

MARÍA BÉJAR RODRÍGUEZ

INDEX

1. CHARACTERS2. PLOT3. PERSONAL OPINION4. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

CHARACTERS

He is the main character of the novel. He is a lively who is most time in trouble. He lives with his aunt whose name is Polly and his half-brother, Sid. Furthermore, he fells in love with Becky, the daughter of the Judge Thatcher, and engaged her. Nevertheless, they break up since Becky understands that he had been already engaged with Amy Lawrence. His best friend is Huck Finn and with him, he lives most of his adventures.

TOM SAWYER

CHARACTERS

Tom is her dead sister's boy. She is a plain person who loves Tom dearly, but she does not know how to control him. What's more, she attemps to overprotect him and worries too much about him.

AUNT POLLY

CHARACTERS

He is the son of the village drunkard. He is hated by all the mother of the village because he was so lazy and lawless. He was always dressed in the old clothes of the grown men. He wears a hat which comes down over his ears. What's more, he never had to go to school or church. Nonetheless, he is a kindly person and warms Mrs Douglas when she was close to be attacked by Injun Joe.

HUCKLEBERRY FINN

CHARACTERS

He had been in jail several times for stealing and for violent crimes. He is a hateful person who kills Dr Robinson and blames Muff Potter of it. He planned distort Mrs Douglas due to his husband, Judge Douglas had sent him to jail and was beaten in front of the hole town. At the end, he died of starvation inside the cave which was closed by Judge Thatcher.

INJUN JOE

CHARACTERS

He is a harmless drunk person who often helped Injun Joe because he was too weak and stupid to act alone. Potter is kind and grateful toward Tom and Huck, who bring him presents after he is wrongly jailed for Dr. Robinson’s murder.

MUFF POTTER

CHARACTERS

She is the daughter of Judge Thatcher, who Tom get engaged with and after had broke up, he protected her when she broke the book of the teacher and in the cave as well.

BECKY THATCHER

JOE HARPER

He is Tom's best friend, and has the same taste for trouble and imagination. He is the first of the boys who wants to come back home from the Island where they were becoming pirates.

CHARACTERS

She is the wealthiest person in the town; she is loving, kindhearted, and generous. She took care of Huck's money and kept him clean and dressed up, he didn't find himself in polite society, so he run away. Lastly, Tom persuades him to come back with Mrs Douglas and he agrees.

THE WIDOW DOUGLAS

MR. JONES

He is a man with two sons who lives near Mrs Douglas. Huck runs to him for help after hearing Injun Joe talk about hurting the widow, and they run with guns towards Mrs Douglas' house.

CHARACTERS

PLOT

Tom is a boy who is almost always in trouble and who lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother, Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. His adventures begin when he sees a new boy in town, and as he dislikes that he had a smart look of a boy from the city, he fought against him. When he turned back home that night, his aunt grounded him and so, the next day he would have to paint the fence, which was a housework easy for him as he managed to make his friends help to paint it. Some days later, he meets Becky Thatcher, who he fell in love with and who he persuades to get engaged to him. After that, Tom's friend Huck Finn suggested him to go to the graveyard with a dead cat as he said that when the devil comes to take a bad person away, it is thrown the cat after them and there are no sign of any wart. That night, they went at the graveyard and there, they found Dr Robinson, Injun Joe and Muff Potter, who was drunk. They stayed there for some minutes, then they fought between them and Joe murdered Dr Robinson and blamed Potter, who was arrested the next day. The boys promised not to tell anyone the truth or they were in trouble with Joe. As Tom seemed depressed because of what happened in the graveyard, his aunt gave him a pain-killer, which wasn't needed.

PLOT

Another adventure happens when Huck, Tom and their friend Joe Harper decide to go to an island and become pirates. They stayed there for three days and nights, they became aware that the community is sounding the river for their bodies and Tom persuades his friends to appear at their funeral. They did it and were admirated by all their friends.Muff Potter’s trial begins, and Tom testifies against Injun Joe, who flees the courtroom through a window. On summer, Huck and Tom go hunting for buried treasure in a haunted house. Inside the house, they see Injun Joe enter the house disguised as a deaf and mute Spaniard. They were planning to bury some stolen treasure. By an coincidence, Injun Joe and his partner find a buried box of gold themselves. When they see Tom and Huck’s tools, they become suspicious that someone is sharing their hiding place and carry the gold off instead of reburying it.

PLOT

Huck runs after Injun Joe every night. Meanwhile, Tom goes on a picnic to McDougal’s Cave with Becky and their classmates. That same night, Huck sees Injun Joe and his partner and he overhears their plans to attack the Widow Douglas. Mrs Douglas had been kind to Huck, so he went to Mr Jones and warned him. Tom and Becky get lost in the cave. The men of the town begin to search for them, but they don't get found. Tom and Becky run out of food and candles and begin to weaken. When Tom is looking for a way out of the cave, sees Injun Joe who is hidden there. Lastly, Tom finds a way out of the cave. Moreover, Becky’s father, Judge Thatcher, locks up the cave. Injun Joe, trapped inside, starves to death. A week later, Tom takes Huck to the cave and they find the box of gold, with two thousand dollars inside. The Widow Douglas adopts Huck, and, when Huck tries to escape civilized life, Tom promises him that if he returns to Mrs Douglas, he can join Tom’s robber band. Finally, Huck agrees.

PERSONAL OPINION

Wholeheartedly, I have enjoyed reading this book, which show us themes like friendship, bravery, courage, loyalty... The character I've most liked is Tom, which is the main character. He has a different way of thinking from other youngsters. I believe “The adventures of Tom Sawyer” is a great book to read for anyone who loves classic stories. Even though at the beginning, it seemed to me a rather uninteresting book, eventually I have really liked it.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Twain

Samuel Longhorne Clemens more known as Mark Twain was born in the little town of Florida, Missouri, in 1835. When Twain was about four, his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. His father was a lawyer and his mother was known to be particularly fond of animals and unfortunate human beings. Although the family was not wealthy, Twain apparently had a happy and secure childhood. At the age of twelve, Twain's father died and for the next ten years, he was an apprentice printer and then a printer both in Hannibal and in New York City. He was hopeful to find his fortune, so he decided to make his fortune in South America. On a riverboat to New Orleans, he met a famous riverboat pilot who promised to teach him the trade for five hundred dollars. After that, Twain piloted riverboats along the Mississippi for four years. In 1861, Twain served for a short period of time with the Confederate Army, and then travelled west to Nevada and California. He worked as a journalist in San Francisco, until 1867, when he came back to New York City. In 1870, he married Olivia Langdon and settled in Hartford, Connecticut. Then, in 1876, he published The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain, one of America's first and foremost realists and humanists, was born in 1835 during the appearance of Haley's Comet, and he died during the next appearance of Haley's Comet, 75 years later.

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