Superstition
In “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” Tom lives a rather realistic life, than being involved with the supernatural. However, the boy’s adventures are due to his superstitions, that lead him to think so imaginatively about what he’ll do and what he wishes to venture into. Tom and his friends believe in many supernatural ideas, which includes the existence of pirates and what they enjoyed doing as a way of living, the tales of the hero, Robin Hood, and even his beliefs on romance can be seen as a superstition. At that period of time, the odd superstitions that were passed along through the minds of all children had many elements in common. They would believe in the things Tom, Huck, and Joe discussed about almost all the time. For …show more content…
Throughout the entire plot, Tom and his friends go through many adventures that would not excited with only the mind of an individual. With deep friendship came deep bondings between all the characters. This is what led the story to be so thrilling and adventurous. For example when Tom was betrayed by Becky and was depressed about everything that happened with her, he wanted to leave civilizations and his friends were there alongside him. They had a lot of exciting moments together at Jackson’s Island, acting as if they were pirates. If it was only Tom by himself, there might have been a chance that the whole adventure might have not been worth telling about. Another example is the friendship between Tom and Becky. Whether it should rather be called a romantic relationship, friendship was still there next to both of them. It led them to care deeply about each other and love each other through through both times of pain and despair, and other times of romance. Without one another and without the presence of friendship, there wouldn’t be a sense of deep affection towards the many events that occurred throughout the plot. There wouldn’t be a love story along with Tom’s adventures and ultimately Tom might have never even got lost in the cave and might have never had the chance to get the
In “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” Tom lives a rather realistic life, than being involved with the supernatural. However, the boy’s adventures are due to his superstitions, that lead him to think so imaginatively about what he’ll do and what he wishes to venture into. Tom and his friends believe in many supernatural ideas, which includes the existence of pirates and what they enjoyed doing as a way of living, the tales of the hero, Robin Hood, and even his beliefs on romance can be seen as a superstition. At that period of time, the odd superstitions that were passed along through the minds of all children had many elements in common. They would believe in the things Tom, Huck, and Joe discussed about almost all the time. For …show more content…
Throughout the entire plot, Tom and his friends go through many adventures that would not excited with only the mind of an individual. With deep friendship came deep bondings between all the characters. This is what led the story to be so thrilling and adventurous. For example when Tom was betrayed by Becky and was depressed about everything that happened with her, he wanted to leave civilizations and his friends were there alongside him. They had a lot of exciting moments together at Jackson’s Island, acting as if they were pirates. If it was only Tom by himself, there might have been a chance that the whole adventure might have not been worth telling about. Another example is the friendship between Tom and Becky. Whether it should rather be called a romantic relationship, friendship was still there next to both of them. It led them to care deeply about each other and love each other through through both times of pain and despair, and other times of romance. Without one another and without the presence of friendship, there wouldn’t be a sense of deep affection towards the many events that occurred throughout the plot. There wouldn’t be a love story along with Tom’s adventures and ultimately Tom might have never even got lost in the cave and might have never had the chance to get the