Tom Sawyer Reflection

How one story challenged me to the edge.

“Say, Tom, let me whitewash a little.”

-Ben



       Sometimes a little bit of confusion and challenge can help. This  is true for me when reading classic literature. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, I was slightly confused, and pretty challenged. When we were assigned this, I—honestly—was nervous. I always knew that reading comprehension was never my strong suit. Classic literature like Tom Sawyer is a bit weird. It has many confusing words, and a lot thatI just don’t know what they mean. So, since Fitz assigned the chapter to us, I had to read it, and so I did. I sat down in a chair across from Fitz. I procrastinated a little bit, but then started reading. While I was reading, my premonition was coming true. I was slightly confused for about the entire story. This obviously isn’t good, but the only really good thing about it is that it makes me go back into the story and re-read it. This makes me read more carefully, and look up words that maybe I skipped over. This experience taught me that to learn, you need a challenge. I feel that this experience was worth it. It taught be a valuable lesson of how learning is going to be challenging.