Tom Sawyer Essay
11/14/2018
Elliot J
Fitz English
Fenn school
11/15/18
How Tom grew more mature and braver after his Adventures
“He stepped forward to go to his punishment, the surprise, the gratitude, the adoration that shone upon him out of poor Becky’s eyes seemed pay enough for a hundred floggings. Inspired by the splendor of his own act, he took without an outcry the most merciless flaying that even Mr. Dobbins had ever administered; and also received with indifference the added cruelty of a command to remain two hours after school should be dismissed—for he knew who would wait for him outside till his captivity was done, and not count the tedious time as loss, either.”
-Excerpt From The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
In a summer in the 1840s, the small town of St Petersburg in Missouri, goes through so many scares and events. The laid back townsfolk witness a murder, three boys go missing, before coming back in the middle of their funerals, and finally, a boy and girl go issuing, this time unintentionally. But these events all have one thing in common, one boy, Tom Sawyer, is involved in all of these. In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer, the protagonist, starts out as an immature conman who wants nothing else but trouble, but gradually, he matures and grows up, and in one summer ends up being a good kid.
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