How Did The Tom Sawyer Change

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Change is inevitable , progress is optional. Tom Sawyer was mischievous and very disrespectful boy , during the book he changed a lot by all the experiences he lived , one of them is that he learned to respect his Aunt Polly more because he started to realise that he was very mean to her . Another change was being a better friend with Huck , not cursing and smoking , this changed him and his way of living his life and since then he was a very good and respectful boy . I haven't been here that much time, but being here this few months I've had learned a lot, like completing my homework and bringing it in better shape . I also changed a lot because now I push myself more to be successful students

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