Wrong Choices In Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer

The book Tom Sawyer, written by Mark Twain, is a story about a naughty boy who, though a terrible mistake, is forced to grow through tough situations. Through the book, we find that Tom makes some very wrong choices, for example, Tom forces Becky to kiss him and “marry” him. Another example is when he was faced with his chores, he tells the other children in the town how spectacular and important painting the fence is. The outcome was that Tom got some unique, strange, and nifty trinquets, and got out of his chores. The story is based on Mark Twain’s childhood. The main characters are also based on some of his friends from his childhood. Tom in particular is based on four of Mark’s Childhood best friends. The book Tom sawyer is told in …show more content…
He was friends with Huckleberry Finn. He tries to avoid school work and chores at all cost. For example, Tom pretends to be extremely sick, “Oh aunt polly, come! Tom’s dying!” The conflict is that Tom and Huckleberry witnessed Injun Joe murdering the Doctor. They discover that Muff Potter was falsely accused of the murder. Tom and Huck were scared to tell the truth. The Rising Action is Tom and his friends return to their their own funeral. Later, Joe has a secret treasure. Injun Joe escapes. The climax & falling action is Huck overhears Injun Joe's plan to kill the Widow Douglas Tom encounters Injun Joe when he and Becky are stranded in the cave. The conclusion is that Becky and Tom make it out of the cave. Injun Joe dies, and Huckleberry is “adopted” by the old Widow …show more content…
Tom tries to find out where they are going, but just gets the two lost. Becky starts bawling, and Tom tries to be mature and comforts her. About three days later, they are both extremely hungry, tired, and terribly homesick. Becky was an inch from death from exhaustion and hunger. She told Tom that before she dies to hold her hand and tell her stories until her life was over. The second time where Tom shows maturity is when he tells Huck that he was the one who snitched on Engin Joe. Tom knew that if he told Huck, he might dump him as a friend, hurt him, or worse, tell Engin Joe himself. Tom did not care, he knew what he had to do. In the book, Huck says, "Tom, I wouldn't ever got into all this trouble if it hadn't 'a' ben for that money; now you just take my sheer of it along with your'n, and gimme a ten-center sometimes -- not many times, becuz I don't give a dern for a thing 'thout it's tollable hard to git -- and you go and beg off for me with the widder." Because of his maturity, Huck was not as mad as he would have been with