An adventure is nothing without a companion. In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, Tom explores numerous places but is rarely without a friend. Tom goes on multiple adventures to excite his boring life, but to make the adventure seem more interesting he often brings along friend. In their adventures they face many setbacks that they must overcome to continue their voyages. Weeks after Becky has left Tom feels alone and depressed without Becky, for Becky is a important piece to his heart. When Tom gets the news Becky is returning he gets very excited. With couple of other friends Tom and Becky venture into the caves not knowing what adversity lays ahead of them. They had not yet known what true hunger and thirst felt like; they would feel helpless and miserable, but they had each other to get through it. Tom took something out of his pocket.

‘Do you remember this?’ said he.

 Becky almost smiled.

 ‘It’s our wedding-cake, Tom.’

 ‘Yes—I wish it was as big as a barrel, for it’s all we’ve got.’

 ‘I saved it from the picnic for us to dream on, Tom, the way grownup people do with wedding-cake—but it’ll be our-’

She dropped the sentence where it was. Tom divided the cake and Becky ate with good appetite, while Tom nibbled at his moiety. There was abundance of cold water to finish the feast with.

Tom and Becky may be alone in the cave, but the fact that they have each other pushes them forward and helps them escape. Tom gives Becky the little amount of food they have left and this shows that Tom isn’t ready to give up on his friends no matter how awful the situation is. Becky gives Tom encouragement to keep on going, and to never give up no matter the odds. Without each other they would never have been able to leave the cave alive. While he loves adventures with his friends, he would be nothing without his family.

    One becomes their best self when surrounded by family. In the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, when Tom‘s friends can’t be there for him, he always knows that his family will be there for him. Though Tom may be difficult, Aunt Polly never gives up on him, and provides the life and support. Tom gets in lots of trouble by worrying Aunt Polly, and disregarding what she says. However, Aunt Polly deep down inside will never stop caring for Tom. Tom wishes to live a life as a pirate, so he sets off with Joe Harper and Huckleberry Finn to an uninhabited island. There they enjoyed brief moments of extreme joy, but each and every one of them were incredibly homesick. Huck and Joe want to leave almost as soon as they came. Tom makes a plan on returning on the day of their funeral, for the town believes they’re dead.

Tom in the lead, Joe next, and Huck, a ruin of drooping rags, sneaking sheepishly in the rear! They had been hid in the unused gallery listening to their own funeral sermon!

Aunt Polly, Mary, and the Harpers threw themselves upon their restored ones, smothered them with kisses and poured out thanksgivings.

[Chapter XXVII from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]

At the funeral Tom's family was full of tears, but when he returns they feel a surge of joy. Aunt Polly hugs and cries with Tom, and this interaction shows that Aunt Polly will stick with Tom throughout his constant heckling and bad behavior. Aunt Polly sticks with Tom through thick and thin because she knows that deep down he is a good kid at heart. Toms continues to—at points—disappoint Aunt Polly, but she still stays with throughout his ever occurring errors. Tom later comes to realize that Aunt Polly only wants the best for him, so he starts to act like an adult in return.

    The way words change us either short term or long term is beyond anything else. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain used his vocabulary palette to paint a masterpiece of a book which told a classic story that could teach many people some values of life. For example, he could tell how Tom and Becky are being mean to each other while in the end they really want to be with each other. This could teach the reader to not get “revenge” on someone and just accept whatever happened in the past. When I started to read Tom Sawyer I had little to no clue what was happening in story because of the complicated way the dialogue was presented. Once I started to read more and understand the complex and unique way Mark Twain presented his writing and story; it began to make sense and I started to enjoy the book. Like with Fitz when he was reading The Call of the Wild, I started to get into the flow at around chapter 3 or 4. After we got into the thick of the book I felt completely immersed into the the wild 1820 adventures of Tom Sawyer. While reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer I noticed pretty quickly that the way people talked was way different then we talked now. At first I was extremely confused and considered the one language I could speak well, kind of foreign, but once we got into the book I started to enjoy the book more and more, and learn more and more about old English. When it comes to Tom himself I think he’s sort of a player, and I also think he would be the kind of person to do what ever he pleases. I like that about him as a character; it makes him interesting, comparable, and relatable (in some ways). I do think at some point boys around Tom’s age at least think about what it would be like if they did this outrageous thing that would either land them in trouble or in their eyes paradise. I know I have, but Tom actually does it, and that’s what I love about him. All of this comes through Mark Twain and his very detailed and incredible story telling ability. Everything he does/says/writes in this book seems so effortless, natural, and perfect for what he is trying to say. In early October I was just a kid who completely hated reading (except for Ready Player One), but now just at the end of that same month I still hate reading, but less, and all because of this crazy, weird, hard at points to understand, amazing book. In the end, I feel that this book was a fantastic fit for me and I loved every bit of it.

    Tom Sawyer was never the kid who would go out of his way to follow the rules, but towards the end of the novel he starts to take steps into becoming an adult and be more responsible. He shows his family that he can be responsible if he wants to, but the adventure life with his friends is hard to fully give up.