John Q. Wolf And Tom Sawyer Use Reverse Psychology In Life In The Leatherwoods

America was different in the 1860s and 1870s due to most of the country being rural. Two books based in this time period are Life in the Leatherwoods by John Quincey Wolf and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Even though these books have different plots, they have similar characterizations and show how many people lived in rural America. John Q. Wolf and Tom Sawyer are both masters of manipulation. In the book Life in the Leatherwoods John uses reverse psychology to trick his brother, Willy, into giving him his hat because he likes it better than his own. By using reverse psychology, John starts to criticize Willy’s hat to make him think that he doesn’t like it. Eventually, Willy starts to think that John is right about his hat