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 or companions 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]

This book affected me with it’s humor, it was very interesting and fun. It made me feel quite happy and amused. I definitely relate to the main character, Tom, in that we’re both middle school aged boys that are curious and like to adventure. This book definitely challenged me to be more thoughtful because of all the old English, I often had to stop and try to guess what certain words meant. It did change the view of the world in that life, while having many differences, had tons of similarities for a boy my age in the 1820s as oppose to 2018. I think the writing style for this book is quite unique and Mark Twain’s language and humor is not exactly reminding of any other authors. 

In conclusion, I loved almost everything about this book. It showed us that Tom loved to be we both his friends and family and how he is mischievous but also kind-hearted. It was an amazing read and I hope to find a book like it soon.