Tom Sawyer Maturity Analysis

In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, the main character, Tom, and his guardian have a distinctive relationship compared to the other parental ones displayed. It is evident that his guardian, Aunt Polly, wants to raise him to become a good citizen, however, she is thwarted by his adventurous and mischievous spirit. Hence, I wanted to show how maturity impacts the interaction between two people through a father-son and mother-son relationship. To illustrate, the novel opens with Aunt Polly attempting to find where Tom is hiding and when she does, he is covered with jam. During her attempt to punish him, he fools her and “fled on the instant, scrambled up the high board-fence, and disappeared over it” (Twain 4). I decided to start off …show more content…
It is also evident that death can be a main motivator for the change of dynamics in a relationship because both children experienced something detrimental, which would bring the aspects of sadness, pain, etc. into their life, and their subsequent interactions with the adult figures changed. In addition, when Tom finds the massive amount of money, he decides that he wants to buy some items, however, he wants to save a good amount of it to “get married” (Twain 197). Throughout the book, he experienced a multitude of traumatizing experiences that perpetuated him to mature and this is shown through him planning for the future. In like manner, Twain did not write about any further conflict between Aunt Polly and him because Tom began to understand that her actions were to protect him and mold him to become the best version of himself. Coinciding with this, I felt that it would be best to present how they interacted as adults because maturity does impact how one views the other, which is demonstrated by Tom finally apologizing for the trouble he caused in his