Reflection Essay On Me Relating To Tom Sawyer

Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!

- Dr. Seuss

        Adventure and rebellion is in every twelve year old boy. In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Tom the main character is very adventurous and rebellious. This book was really fun because it was hard to read but once you got the hang of it it was a great read. I think that the author was trying to tell the story of a twelve year old boy in the eighteen twenties who caused trouble and loved adventure and mischief.  Every chapter had some theme that showed mischief, adventure and/or trouble. One night Tom and Huck were in the graveyard. They heard some voices and they hid behind a tree. Then they recognized a voice, it was Injun Joe. The next thing they heard was a gun shot and then there was one man lying on the ground and two had run away. They didn’t tell anybody what had happened because they didn't want anyone to know that they had been out in the dark. When the trial came around for Injun Joe, there were many witness that day. They had only seen the men before they went out but they hadn’t seen what happened. Then the lawyer called Tom Sawyer to the podium. Nobody knew why. He denied that he had been there to keep himself safe and Huck. This was an act of rebellion and lying.

Kimball Khetani & Sam Dean

October 17, 2018

8th Grade English

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

The Mischief of Tom Sawyer

A boy without mischief is like a bowling ball without the liquid inside of it

- Homer

        Nothing is more exciting than a little bit of mischief. In the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,  by Mark Twain, Tom has an aspiring love for adventure and mischief. He sets out on exciting journeys full of laughter and mischief. Tom pulls of many risky moves which can get him into serious trouble with his strict aunt Polly. An example of his mischief is when he got into a fight with an out of town boy, they tussled and talked smack and eventually Tom won the fight. 

Reflection On Tom Sawyer

I meant what I said and I said what I meant

- Dr. Suess

        These chapters were all guided off of Tom getting rejected by Becky. Tom and Becky both said to each other “I love you.” Then after Becky said it to Tom, she ran away. Tom held her back and kissed her on the lips to make the engagement real. But to complete the process, Tom had to give Becky the andiron which would be like proposing to her with a ring. Becky threw it down because she found out that Tom had been engaged before and he still loved the person who he had been engaged with. Tom ran away into the woods because he was sad that he got rejected. 

How My Brother Has An Impact On Me

Why Fit In When You Were Meant To Stand Out

- Dr. Seuss

     Even though you may not realize it, when your siblings are annoying, they might not be trying to be. My brother has autism and he does things that he doesn’t realize bug other people around him. He likes to read book about animals and watch fictional movies. Sometimes he blurts out movie quotes and can not stop telling facts about animals.

The Tom Saywer In Me

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak out and remove all doubt

-unknown

        So on Monday Fitz told us to write about the Tom Sawyer inside of us. He told us that it was due on Wednesday and it had to be at least three hundred and fifty words. So I got home on Monday and I was really tired. I told myself that it was due in two days and it was a half day tomorrow. So I watched youtube. I watched it until my mom told me that I had to go to bed.

        I got out of school on Tuesday after the worst tech-free day ever and I realize that I had the fall festival. At the fall festival there was a pie eating contest. Last year I went twelve and zero winning the contest. I won again. On my last whipped cream pie I felt stuffed and I just couldn’t eat any more. I grabbed my plate of whipped cream and walked away. Then I saw my friend Sam and I knew that I had to smash the pie into his face. I walked over and did it, he was so mad. After the fall festival I Walked back into the school and realized that I couldn’t do any homework because my iPad was at home. I remembered that I had open table at three thirty. It was currently one thirty and I had two ours to do nothing. This is two of examples that brought out the Tom Sawyer in me.