In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, in the 1820’s Tom and Huckleberry Finn embark on many adventures together. At a point they become pirates, they explore caves, but the biggest event for Tom and Huck is that they witnessed the burial of a murder. This shook up Tom and Huck and really got them worried about what the murderer would to to them after Tom told the court that Injun Joe was the murderer. To get all the murder stuff out of theirs heads; they decide to go digging for treasure, but they find Injun Joe there in an abandoned house with loads of money. Like many things in life Tom just happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, yet he still decides to go after the treasure that the murderers have, and for that I say that he did it just because he felt like it. St. Petersburg isn’t normally a place where murder takes place very often, but it is a place for mischief.

     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.

     With emotions come thoughts, and with thoughts come words. This touches on everything that can happen in life... including Tom Sawyer. Everything that happens in this book is based off of emotions and that can lead to irrational decisions. So make sure to be a tiny bit less like Tom Sawyer and not let your emotions control you.