Desire In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer

It is human behavior when someone wants something they crave. They begin to believe happiness will be reached if the desired valuable is achieved. Once their desired valuable is achieved, they are only happy for a short period of time. Soon, their happiness wears off. In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Mark Twain captures the emotions and moments of a young boy, Tom Sawyer, as he grows. Tom wants to make it through life without making it boring. This thought makes him do things that may or may not have been approved by his elders. Tom usually doesn’t think about the consequences of his actions. Tom has many desires, some he achieves, others he doesn’t. People have many desires. Their new desire becomes an addiction until they achieved it, they think they reached eternal happiness. However, their happiness doesn’t last too long. They end up getting “bored” of their once desire. Time passes and they forget about their previous desire and create a new one. …show more content…
Most likely, someone’s desire soon becomes their addiction. They think that they will reach happiness only if they achieve their valuable desire. Tom Sawyer is also the same. He creates many desires. Tom always tries to achieve his desires. “You’d be always into that sugar if I warn’t watching you.” (pg 31). Once he desired some mental peace; so he ran away from home, because he thought he will also give mental peace to others if he runs away. However, instead, everyone back at his house are worrying sick about him. Tom’s friends have desires as well. “...he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.” (pg