In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer takes a risk to get Becky Thatcher, one of his crushes, to like him. Although Becky tears a page out of a book she isn’t supposed to look at, Tom decides to take the blame to get her to admire him. While Tom gets his whipping for ripping the page, the “surprise, the gratitude, the adoration that shone upon him out of poor Becky’s eyes seemed pay enough for a hundred floggings.” Because Tom gets her out of trouble, Becky Thatcher starts to like Tom. Although the risk that Tom takes is very painful, the outcome is terrific since Tom wins Becky’s admiration.
